diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42c9192255f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jiwer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, poetry-core
+, rapidfuzz
+, click
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jiwer";
+  version = "3.0.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jitsi";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bH5TE6mcSG+WqvjW8Sd/o5bCBJmv9zurFEG2cVY/vYQ=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    rapidfuzz
+    click
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jiwer" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "JiWER is a simple and fast python package to evaluate an automatic speech recognition system";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jitsi/jiwer";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 254198390b9b..0d0ab98e980f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5000,6 +5000,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   jira = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jira { };
 
+  jiwer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jiwer { };
+
   jmespath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jmespath { };
 
   jmp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jmp { };