diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sseclient-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sseclient-py/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05c3fc80746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sseclient-py/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, lib, python }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sseclient-py";
+  version = "1.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mpetazzoni";
+    repo = "sseclient";
+    rev = "sseclient-py-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0iar4w8gryhjzqwy5k95q9gsv6xpmnwxkpz33418nw8hxlp86wfl";
+  };
+
+  # based on tox.ini
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} tests/unittests.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure-Python Server Side Events (SSE) client";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mpetazzoni/sseclient";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jamiemagee ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a3643200d1e..515ac348eb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6762,6 +6762,8 @@ in {
 
   sseclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sseclient { };
 
+  sseclient-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sseclient-py { };
+
   sshpubkeys = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sshpubkeys { };
 
   sshtunnel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sshtunnel { };