diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Mako/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Mako/default.nix
index 8aa3f687dded..694f3138c928 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Mako/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Mako/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # tests
 , mock
 , pytestCheckHook
+, lingua
+, chameleon
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -37,8 +39,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   checkInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
+    chameleon
+    lingua
     mock
+    pytestCheckHook
   ] ++ passthru.optional-dependencies.babel;
 
   disabledTests = lib.optionals isPyPy [
@@ -51,11 +55,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_bytestring_passthru"
   ];
 
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # lingua dependency is not packaged
-    "test/ext/test_linguaplugin.py"
-  ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Super-fast templating language";
     homepage = "https://www.makotemplates.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lingua/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lingua/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f116df7e2fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lingua/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, flit-core
+, polib
+, click }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "lingua";
+  version = "4.15.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-DhqUZ0HbKIpANhrQT/OP4EvwgZg0uKu4TEtTX+2bpO8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+    polib
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "lingua" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Translation toolset";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/wichert/lingua";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ np ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 850006795bca..6d65e1402ec6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5097,6 +5097,8 @@ in {
 
   line_profiler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/line_profiler { };
 
+  lingua = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lingua { };
+
   linkify-it-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/linkify-it-py { };
 
   linode-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/linode-api { };