diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/grapheme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/grapheme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..965b1a1d2197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/grapheme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "grapheme";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1jiwc3w05c8kh22s3zk7a8km8na3plqc5zimb2qcyxxy3grbkhj4";
+  };
+
+  # Tests are no available on PyPI
+  # https://github.com/alvinlindstam/grapheme/issues/18
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "grapheme"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python package for grapheme aware string handling";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alvinlindstam/grapheme";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ creator54 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 920214488d76..2c3dc1997f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3468,6 +3468,8 @@ in {
 
   grandalf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grandalf { };
 
+  grapheme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grapheme { };
+
   graphite_api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/graphite-api { };
 
   graphite_beacon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/graphite_beacon { };