diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-velbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-velbus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a02edfdc1f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-velbus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pyserial
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-velbus";
+  version = "2.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "thomasdelaet";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0dv7dsjp5li87ispdphaz7jd0a9xc328rxwawf2f58b1ii904xr4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyserial ];
+
+  # Project has not tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "velbus" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library to control the Velbus home automation system";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/thomasdelaet/python-velbus";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bdff2fce152..4629801288e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6493,6 +6493,8 @@ in {
 
   python-vagrant = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-vagrant { };
 
+  python-velbus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-velbus { };
+
   python-vipaccess = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-vipaccess { };
 
   python-vlc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-vlc { };