diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-app-helper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-app-helper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0c829ff05b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-app-helper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  django,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  docopt,
+  dj-database-url,
+  python,
+  django-filer,
+  six,
+  django-app-helper,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "django-app-helper";
+  version = "3.3.4";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nephila";
+    repo = "django-app-helper";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-4nFg8B1uxGJVY1jcGr0e2Oi14lqXcFOi0HJ+ogE2ikg=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    dj-database-url
+    docopt
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ django-filer ];
+
+  # Tests depend on django-filer, which depends on this package.
+  # To avoid infinite recursion, we only enable tests when building passthru.tests.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} helper.py
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "app_helper" ];
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    runTests = django-app-helper.overrideAttrs (_: {
+      doCheck = true;
+    });
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Helper for Django applications development";
+    homepage = "https://django-app-helper.readthedocs.io";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nephila/django-app-helper/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.onny ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-filer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-filer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e87125cd9514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-filer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  django,
+  pythonOlder,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  django-polymorphic,
+  setuptools,
+  python,
+  easy-thumbnails,
+  pillow-heif,
+  django-app-helper,
+  distutils,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "django-filer";
+  version = "3.2.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "django-cms";
+    repo = "django-filer";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-PoUBnfNymighCsGoJE+iu31lxA9wqVXimFPCytQtPLg=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    django
+    django-polymorphic
+    easy-thumbnails
+  ];
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    heif = [ pillow-heif ];
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    distutils
+    django-app-helper
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    ${python.interpreter} tests/settings.py
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "File management application for Django";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.onny ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b39c8f8c6b85..5aae1adaa87e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3333,6 +3333,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-appconf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-appconf { };
 
+  django-app-helper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-app-helper { };
+
   django-auditlog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-auditlog { };
 
   django-auth-ldap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-auth-ldap { };
@@ -3413,6 +3415,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-extensions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-extensions { };
 
+  django-filer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-filer { };
+
   django-filter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-filter { };
 
   django-formtools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-formtools { };