diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-recursive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-recursive/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8dfe0c11550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-recursive/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, django
+, djangorestframework
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "djangorestframework-recursive";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "heywbj";
+    repo = "django-rest-framework-recursive";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-Q/6yxpz3c402sMZudAeFIht9+5GmTRlzM51AMAx5muY=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    djangorestframework
+  ];
+
+  # incompatible with newer django versions
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "rest_framework_recursive"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = " Recursive Serialization for Django REST framework ";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/heywbj/django-rest-framework-recursive";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 245a82531d1c..0f10b43dfd67 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2394,6 +2394,8 @@ in {
 
   djangorestframework-camel-case = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework-camel-case { };
 
+  djangorestframework-recursive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework-recursive { };
+
   djangorestframework-simplejwt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework-simplejwt { };
 
   django_reversion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_reversion { };