diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docopt-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docopt-ng/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a18bfbc7cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docopt-ng/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "docopt-ng";
+  version = "0.7.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-hs7qAy8M+lnmB3brDPOKxzZTWBAihyMg9H3IdGeNckQ=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "docopt" ];
+  doCheck = false; # no tests in the package
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "More-magic command line arguments parser. Now with more maintenance!";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bazaar-projects/docopt-ng";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 86042f35b2b2..67b6fefd7263 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2165,6 +2165,8 @@ in {
 
   docopt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docopt { };
 
+  docopt-ng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docopt-ng { };
+
   docplex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docplex { };
 
   docrep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docrep { };