diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-multiaddr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-multiaddr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24fa6975cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-multiaddr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, varint
+, base58
+, netaddr
+, idna
+, py-cid
+, py-multicodec
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "py-multiaddr";
+  version = "0.0.9";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "multiformats";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-cGM7iYQPP+UOkbTxRhzuED0pkcydFCO8vpx9wTc0/HI=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'pytest-runner'," ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    varint
+    base58
+    netaddr
+    idna
+    py-cid
+    py-multicodec
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "multiaddr" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Composable and future-proof network addresses";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/multiformats/py-multiaddr";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Luflosi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 276dc923acc..3f1620c4e47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5688,6 +5688,8 @@ in {
 
   pymsteams = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymsteams { };
 
+  py-multiaddr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-multiaddr { };
+
   py-multibase = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-multibase { };
 
   py-multicodec = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-multicodec { };