diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index c690f031989e..c3645e81fe87 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -10278,6 +10278,12 @@
     githubId = 8668915;
     name = "Stephane Schitter";
   };
+  staccato = {
+    name = "staccato";
+    email = "moveq@riseup.net";
+    github = "staccato";
+    githubId = 86573128;
+  };
   steell = {
     email = "steve@steellworks.com";
     github = "Steell";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d109a6cce747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rstcheck/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, docutils }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rstcheck";
+  version = "v3.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "myint";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-4AhENuT+LtUMCi+aaI/rKa2gHti8sKGLdVGjdRithXI=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rstcheck" ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Checks syntax of reStructuredText and code blocks nested within it";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/myint/rstcheck";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ staccato ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 80e1646b2165..f7bf364e8bf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7837,6 +7837,8 @@ in {
 
   rst2ansi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rst2ansi { };
 
+  rstcheck = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rstcheck { };
+
   rtmidi-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rtmidi-python { };
 
   rtoml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rtoml { };