diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataset/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataset/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38de0218dec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataset/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, sqlalchemy
+, alembic
+, banal
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dataset";
+  version = "1.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-TDZ6fAqFxOdI79o07uMAw/zD8HbHXDKQt0mnoFM1yEc=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sqlalchemy alembic banal
+  ];
+
+  # checks attempt to import nonexistent module 'test.test' and fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "dataset"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Toolkit for Python-based database access";
+    homepage = "https://dataset.readthedocs.io";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.xfnw ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5be41683de84..cb6c4e1e8986 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1749,6 +1749,8 @@ in {
 
   datamodeldict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datamodeldict { };
 
+  dataset = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dataset { };
+
   datasets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datasets { };
 
   datasette = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datasette { };