diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37d7369dbeee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/area/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "area";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "18k5hwmlxhajlq306zxndsglb11vv8vd4vpmwx8dpvfxd1kbksya";
+  };
+
+  # tests not working on the package from pypi
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Calculate the area inside of any GeoJSON geometry. This is a port of Mapbox’s geojson-area for Python.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scisco/area";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e9a896d7de93..15bec3b2b4ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1596,6 +1596,8 @@ in {
 
   argcomplete = callPackage ../development/python-modules/argcomplete { };
 
+  area = callPackage ../development/python-modules/area { };
+
   arxiv2bib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/arxiv2bib { };
 
   chai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chai { };