diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1117ba958fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, marisa, swig }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "marisa";
+  version = "1.3.40";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "s-yata";
+    repo  = "marisa-trie";
+    rev   = "59e410597981475bae94d9d9eb252c1d9790dc2f";
+    sha256 = "0z4bf55np08q3cbi6gvj3cpw3zp8kf2d0jq6k74pjk066m7rapbb";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ swig marisa ];
+  buildinputs = [ marisa ];
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/bindings/python";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python binding for marisa package (do not confuse with marisa-trie python bindings)";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/s-yata/marisa-trie;
+    license     = with licenses; [ bsd2 lgpl2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanzef ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 899865a5dcd2..20647399f74a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9553,6 +9553,10 @@ in {
   mozversion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marionette-harness/mozversion.nix {};
   marionette-harness = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marionette-harness {};
 
+  marisa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa {
+    marisa = pkgs.marisa;
+  };
+
   markupsafe = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "markupsafe-${version}";
     version = "1.0";