diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da3da57d35d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cairocffi
+, cython
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, igraph
+, leidenalg
+, pandas
+, poetry-core
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, scipy
+, setuptools
+, spacy
+, en_core_web_sm
+, toolz
+, tqdm
+, wasabi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "textnets";
+  version = "0.8.7";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jboynyc";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-BBndY+3leJBxiImuyRL7gMD5eocE4i96+97I9hDEwec=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cython
+    poetry-core
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    cairocffi
+    igraph
+    leidenalg
+    pandas
+    scipy
+    spacy
+    toolz
+    tqdm
+    wasabi
+  ];
+
+  # Deselect test of experimental feature that fails due to having an
+  # additional dependency.
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_context"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    en_core_web_sm
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "textnets"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Text analysis with networks";
+    homepage = "https://textnets.readthedocs.io";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jboynyc/textnets/blob/v${version}/HISTORY.rst";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jboy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 70250fc1a0a6..7fac26acf4c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11496,6 +11496,10 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   textacy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/textacy { };
 
+  textnets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/textnets {
+    en_core_web_sm = spacy_models.en_core_web_sm;
+  };
+
   texttable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/texttable { };
 
   text-unidecode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/text-unidecode { };