diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/termplotlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/termplotlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..adccc99ac2fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/termplotlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, exdown
+, numpy
+, gnuplot
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "termplotlib";
+  version = "0.3.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nschloe";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "17d2727bz6kqhxczixx6nxzz4hzyi2cssylzazjimk07syvycd6n";
+  };
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook numpy exdown gnuplot ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "termplotlib" ];
+
+  # there seems to be a newline in the very front of the output
+  # which causes the test to fail, since it apparently doesn't
+  # strip whitespace. might be a gnuplot choice? sigh...
+  disabledTests = [ "test_plot_lim" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "matplotlib for your terminal";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nschloe/termplotlib";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3Plus ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e9c24fd9dba3..54ed3f916769 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7790,6 +7790,8 @@ in {
 
   terminaltables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/terminaltables { };
 
+  termplotlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/termplotlib { };
+
   termstyle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/termstyle { };
 
   teslajsonpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/teslajsonpy { };