diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepface/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepface/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6565d98cdf75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/deepface/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fire,
+  flask,
+  flask-cors,
+  gdown,
+  gunicorn,
+  mtcnn,
+  numpy,
+  opencv4,
+  pandas,
+  pillow,
+  pythonOlder,
+  requests,
+  retinaface,
+  setuptools,
+  tensorflow,
+  tqdm,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "deepface";
+  version = "0.0.92";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "serengil";
+    repo = "deepface";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Vjm8lfpGyJ7/1CUwIvxXxHqwmv0+iKewYV3vE08gpPQ=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # prevent collisions
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "data_files=[(\"\", [\"README.md\", \"requirements.txt\", \"package_info.json\"])]," "" \
+      --replace-fail "install_requires=requirements," ""
+
+    substituteInPlace deepface/detectors/OpenCv.py \
+      --replace-fail "opencv_home = cv2.__file__" "opencv_home = os.readlink(cv2.__file__)" \
+      --replace-fail "folders = opencv_home.split(os.path.sep)[0:-1]" "folders = opencv_home.split(os.path.sep)[0:-4]" \
+      --replace-fail "return path + \"/data/\"" "return path + \"/share/opencv4/haarcascades/\""
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    fire
+    flask
+    flask-cors
+    gdown
+    gunicorn
+    mtcnn
+    numpy
+    opencv4
+    pandas
+    pillow
+    requests
+    retinaface
+    tensorflow
+    tqdm
+  ];
+
+  # requires internet connection
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "deepface" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Lightweight Face Recognition and Facial Attribute Analysis (Age, Gender, Emotion and Race) Library for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/serengil/deepface";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/serengil/deepface/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ derdennisop ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mtcnn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mtcnn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1c25eeab5e1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mtcnn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  opencv4,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  tensorflow,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "mtcnn";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ipazc";
+    repo = "mtcnn";
+    # No tags / releases; using commit: https://github.com/ipazc/mtcnn/commit/3208d443a8f01d317c65d7c97a03bc0a6143c41d
+    rev = "3208d443a8f01d317c65d7c97a03bc0a6143c41d";
+    hash = "sha256-GXUrLJ5XD6V2hT/gjyYSuh/CMMw2xIXKBsYFvQmbLYs=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "setup, setuptools" "setup, find_packages"\
+      --replace-fail "setuptools.find_packages" "find_packages"\
+      --replace-fail "opencv-python>=4.1.0" ""\
+      --replace-fail "keras>=2.0.0" ""\
+      --replace-fail "tests_require=['nose']," ""
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    opencv4
+    tensorflow
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mtcnn" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MTCNN face detection implementation for TensorFlow";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ipazc/mtcnn";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ derdennisop ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/retinaface/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/retinaface/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f727d3f31158c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/retinaface/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gdown,
+  numpy,
+  opencv4,
+  pillow,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  tensorflow,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "retinaface";
+  version = "0.0.17";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "serengil";
+    repo = "retinaface";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-0s1CSGlK2bF1F2V/IuG2ZqD7CkNfHGvp1M5C3zDnuKs=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # prevent collisions
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "data_files=[(\"\", [\"README.md\", \"requirements.txt\", \"package_info.json\"])]," "" \
+      --replace-fail "install_requires=requirements," ""
+  '';
+
+  # requires internet connection
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "tests/test_actions.py"
+    "tests/test_align_first.py"
+    "tests/test_expand_face_area.py"
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    gdown
+    numpy
+    opencv4
+    pillow
+    tensorflow
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "retinaface" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Deep Face Detection Library for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/serengil/retinaface";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/serengil/retinaface/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ derdennisop ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7ec548731554d..d454a36446990 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3034,6 +3034,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   deepdish = callPackage ../development/python-modules/deepdish { };
 
+  deepface = callPackage ../development/python-modules/deepface { };
+
   deepl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/deepl { };
 
   deepmerge = callPackage ../development/python-modules/deepmerge { };
@@ -8248,6 +8250,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   msrest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/msrest { };
 
+  mtcnn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mtcnn { };
+
   mt-940 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mt-940 { };
 
   mullvad-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mullvad-api { };
@@ -13627,6 +13631,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   rethinkdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rethinkdb { };
 
+  retinaface = callPackage ../development/python-modules/retinaface { };
+
   retry = callPackage ../development/python-modules/retry { };
 
   retry-decorator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/retry-decorator { };