diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dictdiffer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dictdiffer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e043e55f853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dictdiffer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools-scm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dictdiffer";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "inveniosoftware";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-lQyPs3lQWtsvNPuvvwJUTDzrFaOX5uwGuRHe3yWUheU=";
+  };
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'pytest-runner>=2.7'," ""
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
+      --replace ' --isort --pydocstyle --pycodestyle --doctest-glob="*.rst" --doctest-modules --cov=dictdiffer --cov-report=term-missing' ""
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "dictdiffer"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module to diff and patch dictionaries";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/inveniosoftware/dictdiffer";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 57a99e5a2dbc..234b406fb157 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2128,6 +2128,8 @@ in {
 
   dict2xml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dict2xml { };
 
+  dictdiffer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dictdiffer { };
+
   dictionaries = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dictionaries { };
 
   dictpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dictpath { };