diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-ubjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-ubjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4efa2b8b6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-ubjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "py-ubjson";
+  version = "0.16.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Iotic-Labs";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1frn97xfa88zrfmpnvdk1pc03yihlchhph99bhjayvzlfcrhm5v3";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "test/test.py" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ubjson" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Universal Binary JSON draft-12 serializer for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Iotic-Labs/py-ubjson";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7249173d707..2089342201d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5260,6 +5260,8 @@ in {
 
   py-air-control-exporter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-air-control-exporter { };
 
+  py-ubjson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-ubjson { };
+
   py2bit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py2bit { };
 
   py3buddy = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/py3buddy { });