diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marshmallow-dataclass/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marshmallow-dataclass/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..145005fd5e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marshmallow-dataclass/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, marshmallow
+, marshmallow-enum
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, typeguard
+, typing-inspect
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "marshmallow-dataclass";
+  version = "8.5.3";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lovasoa";
+    repo = "marshmallow_dataclass";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0mngkjfs2nxxr0y77n429hb22rmjxbnn95j4vwqr9y6q16bqxs0w";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    marshmallow
+    typing-inspect
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    marshmallow-enum
+    pytestCheckHook
+    typeguard
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "marshmallow_dataclass" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Automatic generation of marshmallow schemas from dataclasses";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lovasoa/marshmallow_dataclass";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 50803af17df7..55e192dc86f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4464,6 +4464,8 @@ in {
 
   marshmallow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marshmallow { };
 
+  marshmallow-dataclass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marshmallow-dataclass { };
+
   marshmallow-enum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marshmallow-enum { };
 
   marshmallow-oneofschema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marshmallow-oneofschema { };