diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe8756fde03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ibm-watson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, responses
+, pytestCheckHook
+, python-dotenv
+, pytest-rerunfailures
+, tox
+, requests
+, python-dateutil
+, websocket_client
+, ibm-cloud-sdk-core
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ibm-watson";
+  version = "5.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "watson-developer-cloud";
+    repo = "python-sdk";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256:16llw7kybwndgf2ryrg5698v4j3rhrdx52lf3kdzhxdi0q3kmwdn";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    responses
+    pytestCheckHook
+    python-dotenv
+    pytest-rerunfailures
+    tox
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+    python-dateutil
+    websocket_client
+    ibm-cloud-sdk-core
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace websocket-client==0.48.0 websocket-client>=0.48.0 \
+      --replace ibm_cloud_sdk_core==3.3.6 ibm_cloud_sdk_core>=3.3.6
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Client library to use the IBM Watson Services";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/python-sdk";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin lheckemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f3921b936e..1996abf44e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3199,6 +3199,8 @@ in {
 
   ibm-cloud-sdk-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ibm-cloud-sdk-core { };
 
+  ibm-watson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ibm-watson { };
+
   icalendar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/icalendar { };
 
   icecream = callPackage ../development/python-modules/icecream { };