diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mido/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mido/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8312ea783cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mido/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, substituteAll
+, portmidi, pygame, python-rtmidi, rtmidi-python
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mido";
+  version = "1.2.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1k3sgkxc7j49bapib3b5jnircb1yhyyd8mi0mbfd78zgix9db9y4";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./libportmidi-cdll.patch;
+      libportmidi = "${portmidi.out}/lib/libportmidi${stdenv.targetPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pygame
+    python-rtmidi
+    rtmidi-python
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test . -rs -q
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "MIDI Objects for Python";
+    homepage = "https://mido.readthedocs.io";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mido/libportmidi-cdll.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mido/libportmidi-cdll.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..455064f12b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mido/libportmidi-cdll.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/mido/backends/portmidi_init.py b/mido/backends/portmidi_init.py
+index 84bb128..5efcdaa 100644
+--- a/mido/backends/portmidi_init.py
++++ b/mido/backends/portmidi_init.py
+@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ from ctypes import (CDLL, CFUNCTYPE, POINTER, Structure, c_char_p,
+                     create_string_buffer, byref)
+ import ctypes.util
+ 
+-dll_name = ''
+-if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+-    dll_name = ctypes.util.find_library('libportmidi.dylib')
+-elif sys.platform in ('win32', 'cygwin'):
+-    dll_name = 'portmidi.dll'
+-else:
+-    dll_name = 'libportmidi.so'
++dll_name = '@libportmidi@'
+ 
+ lib = CDLL(dll_name)
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 53731efcfb6c..6b0ab50d0d92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3196,6 +3196,8 @@ in {
 
   midiutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/midiutil {};
 
+  mido = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mido { };
+
   misaka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/misaka {};
 
   mlrose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mlrose { };