diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygount/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygount/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6239ac9dd841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygount/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, poetry-core
+, chardet
+, gitpython
+, pygments
+, rich
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pygount";
+  version = "1.6.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "roskakori";
+    repo = "pygount";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-j+mXIyF/54MCm0yv7Z+ymy/EeZz7iS/a+/5I9lo1+Zo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    chardet
+    gitpython
+    pygments
+    rich
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # requires network access
+    "test_can_find_files_from_mixed_cloned_git_remote_url_and_local"
+    "test_can_extract_and_close_and_find_files_from_cloned_git_remote_url_with_revision"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pygount"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Count lines of code for hundreds of languages using pygments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/roskakori/pygount";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/roskakori/pygount/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.md";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 03bb52d050b0..42c03c79f7eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9504,6 +9504,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pygnmi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygnmi { };
 
+  pygount = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygount { };
+
   pygti = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygti { };
 
   pyheck = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyheck { };