diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmarkgfm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmarkgfm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2dcd8422ebec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmarkgfm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, cffi, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cmarkgfm";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "84465f6534f49687f1a8069d48044799d2dd3f4e7ff06b66b7eea1502f3c402d";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  # no tests in PyPI tarball
+  # see https://github.com/jonparrott/cmarkgfm/pull/6
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Minimal bindings to GitHub's fork of cmark";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jonparrott/cmarkgfm;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4163692a9c76..3e043aba7b87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1125,6 +1125,8 @@ in {
 
   cheroot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cheroot {};
 
+  cmarkgfm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmarkgfm { };
+
   circus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/circus {};
 
   colorclass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorclass {};