diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/grapheme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/grapheme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54e0b45bbc34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/grapheme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "grapheme";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1jiwc3w05c8kh22s3zk7a8km8na3plqc5zimb2qcyxxy3grbkhj4";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "grapheme" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alvinlindstam/grapheme";
+    description = "A python package for grapheme aware string handling";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ creator54 ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fae8daecada7..e9ee2cc6f0b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3425,6 +3425,8 @@ 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 { };