diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/panphon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/panphon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ae629134505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/panphon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+
+, unittestCheckHook
+
+, setuptools
+
+, unicodecsv
+, pyyaml
+, regex
+, numpy
+, editdistance
+, munkres
+, levenshtein
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "panphon";
+  version = "0.20.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-gio52n1NZWeyCK+eJW/Fp827wjvwnMNDFAR4pKa8VcY=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    setuptools # need for pkg_resources
+    unicodecsv
+    pyyaml
+    regex
+    numpy
+    editdistance
+    munkres
+    levenshtein # need for align_wordlists.py script
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    unittestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  unittestFlagsArray = [ "-s" "test" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "panphon"
+    "panphon.segment"
+    "panphon.distance"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Tools for using the International Phonetic Alphabet with phonological features";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dmort27/panphon";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vizid ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2bdd593bd59a..6a41add3c523 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9168,6 +9168,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   panflute = callPackage ../development/python-modules/panflute { };
 
+  panphon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/panphon { };
+
   papermill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/papermill { };
 
   openpaperwork-core = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix { };