diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipadic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipadic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..841eccc9e157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipadic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, mecab
+, setuptools-scm
+, cython
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipadic";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "polm";
+    repo = "ipadic-py";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ybC8G1AOIZWkS3uQSErXctIJKq9Y7xBjRbBrO8/yAj4=";
+  };
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython mecab setuptools-scm ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ipadic" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Contemporary Written Japanese dictionary";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/polm/ipadic-py";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ laurent-f1z1 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bb1fe75ef82f..0381b2e0566a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4976,6 +4976,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   iowait = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iowait { };
 
+  ipadic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipadic { };
+
   ipaddr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipaddr { };
 
   ipdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdb { };