diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/elementpath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elementpath/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d2d34541fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/elementpath/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.1.8";
+  pname = "elementpath";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sissaschool";
+    repo = "elementpath";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0krczvf8r6pb3hb8qaxl9h2b4qwg180xk66gyxjf002im7ri75aj";
+  };
+
+  # avoid circular dependency with xmlschema which directly depends on this
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "XPath 1.0/2.0 parsers and selectors for ElementTree and lxml";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sissaschool/elementpath";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jonringer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7bc682e3da5b..c79605656482 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2178,6 +2178,8 @@ in {
 
   elasticsearch-curator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/elasticsearch-curator { };
 
+  elementpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/elementpath { };
+
   entrypoints = callPackage ../development/python-modules/entrypoints { };
 
   enzyme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/enzyme {};