diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygnmi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygnmi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..584e6a2aca2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygnmi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cryptography
+, dictdiffer
+, grpcio
+, protobuf
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pygnmi";
+  version = "0.8.12";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "akarneliuk";
+    repo = "pygnmi";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-5dAjN/HDFKQmJIjhergBjSmHQKhBxqy/Jneh1pLCHrw=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    cryptography
+    dictdiffer
+    grpcio
+    protobuf
+  ];
+
+  # almost all tests fail with:
+  # TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pygnmi" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python gNMI client to manage network functions and collect telemetry";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/akarneliuk/pygnmi";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 81ba70112431..f00eec7bdcab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7713,6 +7713,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pygments-style-github = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygments-style-github { };
 
+  pygnmi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygnmi { };
+
   pygti = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygti { };
 
   pyheos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyheos { };