diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/readmdict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/readmdict/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7d61f8c8f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/readmdict/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+
+, poetry-core
+, python-lzo
+, tkinter
+
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "readmdict";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ffreemt";
+    repo = "readmdict";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-1/f+o2bVscT3EA8XQyS2hWjhimLRzfIBM6u2O7UqwcA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    python-lzo
+    tkinter
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "readmdict"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Read mdx/mdd files (repacking of readmdict from mdict-analysis)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ffreemt/readmdict";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ paveloom ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5fff7a3f832a..af18ae7d0b64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24747,6 +24747,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   readline82 = callPackage ../development/libraries/readline/8.2.nix { };
 
+  readmdict = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication readmdict;
+
   readosm = callPackage ../development/libraries/readosm { };
 
   recastnavigation = callPackage ../development/libraries/recastnavigation { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 46e97658eb83..4bd2655a808a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12028,6 +12028,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   readlike = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readlike { };
 
+  readmdict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readmdict { };
+
   readme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readme { };
 
   readme_renderer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readme_renderer { };