diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/demoji/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/demoji/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8ce40a77de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/demoji/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, ujson
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "demoji";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bsolomon1124";
+    repo = "demoji";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ojy4JiM6xvP9J40Z5uFCMUZvZtLZ1le2p/2/NfAUAtk=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace-fail "pytest-runner" ""
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    ujson = [
+      ujson
+    ];
+  };
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "demoji"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module to find/replace/remove emojis in text strings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bsolomon1124/demoji";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bsolomon1124/demoji/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 99d71bdcb520..2a6a08db5e99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2864,6 +2864,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   demjson3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/demjson3 { };
 
+  demoji = callPackage ../development/python-modules/demoji { };
+
   dendropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dendropy { };
 
   denonavr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/denonavr { };