diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyosmium/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyosmium/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e63fd00bb57f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyosmium/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python
+, libosmium, protozero, boost, expat, bzip2, zlib, pybind11
+, nose, shapely, mock, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyosmium";
+  version = "2.15.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "osmcode";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1523ym9i4rnwi5kcp7n2lm67kxlhar8xlv91s394ixzwax9bgg7w";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ libosmium protozero boost expat bzip2 zlib pybind11 ];
+
+  preBuild = "cd ..";
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose shapely ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ mock ];
+
+  checkPhase = "(cd test && ${python.interpreter} run_tests.py)";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for libosmium";
+    homepage = "https://osmcode.org/pyosmium";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e7f874db7fdd..9fe07ea40a04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4898,6 +4898,8 @@ in {
 
   pyopencl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopencl { };
 
+  pyosmium = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyosmium { };
+
   pyotp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyotp { };
 
   pyproj = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyproj { };