diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89431d8b52f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, uvicorn
+, starlette
+, pydantic
+, python
+, isPy3k
+, which
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fastapi";
+  version = "0.33.0";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1mc8ljfk6xyn2cq725s8hgapp62z5mylzw9akvkhwwz3bh8m5a7f";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    uvicorn
+    starlette
+    pydantic
+  ];
+
+  patches = [ ./setup.py.patch ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -c "from fastapi import FastAPI; app = FastAPI()"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi";
+    description = "FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wd15 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/setup.py.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/setup.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43661343d744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/setup.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index ccc3d2b..77ce446 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ package_data = \
+ {'': ['*']}
+ 
+ install_requires = \
+-['starlette >=0.11.1,<=0.12.0', 'pydantic >=0.30,<=0.30.0']
++['starlette >=0.11.1', 'pydantic >=0.30']
+ 
+ extras_require = \
+ {'all': ['requests',
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 749d2882ff7a..39d91233d393 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6045,6 +6045,7 @@ in {
 
   pydantic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydantic { };
 
+  fastapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastapi { };
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)