diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansimarkup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansimarkup/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b74c7e321799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansimarkup/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, colorama
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ansimarkup";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gvalkov";
+    repo = "python-ansimarkup";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-HGeVapv2Z5GtPwSp3+dvUwAH0bFqu+Bmk5E6SRr7NO4=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ colorama ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ansimarkup" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An XML-like markup for producing colored terminal text.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gvalkov/python-ansimarkup";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ee0f264dc294..46281f94ffcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ in {
 
   ansiconv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansiconv { };
 
+  ansimarkup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansimarkup { };
+
   ansiwrap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansiwrap { };
 
   antlr4-python3-runtime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/antlr4-python3-runtime {