diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d14f80369e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ anyascii
+, beautifulsoup4
+, buildPythonPackage
+, callPackage
+, django
+, django-filter
+, django-modelcluster
+, django-taggit
+, django_treebeard
+, djangorestframework
+, draftjs-exporter
+, fetchPypi
+, html5lib
+, l18n
+, lib
+, openpyxl
+, permissionedforms
+, pillow
+, requests
+, telepath
+, willow
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "wagtail";
+  version = "4.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-VUdVG2YHfH1Q3QGx8Gvg2DuJolxlq6REZmn8fG8xgxw=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    django-modelcluster
+    django-taggit
+    django_treebeard
+    djangorestframework
+    django-filter
+    pillow
+    beautifulsoup4
+    html5lib
+    willow
+    requests
+    openpyxl
+    anyascii
+    draftjs-exporter
+    permissionedforms
+    telepath
+    l18n
+  ];
+
+  # Tests are in separate derivation because they require a package that depends
+  # on wagtail (wagtail-factories)
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  passthru.tests.wagtail = callPackage ./tests.nix {};
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.txt";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sephi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail/tests.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail/tests.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23eb87c1b17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail/tests.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ azure-mgmt-cdn
+, azure-mgmt-frontdoor
+, boto3
+, buildPythonPackage
+, django-pattern-library
+, elasticsearch
+, freezegun
+, jinja2
+, python-dateutil
+, python
+, pytz
+, wagtail
+, wagtail-factories
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "wagtail-tests";
+  inherit (wagtail) src version;
+  format = "other";
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontInstall = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    wagtail
+    wagtail-factories
+    jinja2
+    freezegun
+    elasticsearch
+    azure-mgmt-cdn
+    python-dateutil
+    pytz
+    boto3
+    django-pattern-library
+    azure-mgmt-frontdoor
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=wagtail.test.settings
+    ${python.interpreter} -m django test
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4e490d38c2a7..19f07dd394a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12397,6 +12397,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   wadllib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wadllib { };
 
+  wagtail = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wagtail { };
+
   wagtail-factories = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wagtail-factories { };
 
   wagtail-localize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wagtail-localize { };