diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-raisin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-raisin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7412928062d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-raisin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flit-core
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-raisin";
+  version = "0.3";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wimglenn";
+    repo = "pytest-raisin";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "73cOrsqlE04m6X3a6VwtRzfi24oqkdO3HjKQH61bU88=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  # tests cause circular pytest-raisin already registered with pytest error
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Plugin enabling the use of exception instances with pytest.raises context";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/wimglenn/pytest-raisin";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aadibajpai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 71230bce63de..4a74a321e772 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7605,6 +7605,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-raisesregexp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-raisesregexp { };
 
+  pytest-raisin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-raisin { };
+
   pytest-randomly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-randomly { };
 
   pytest-random-order = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-random-order { };