diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyjson5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyjson5/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..570ded76af2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyjson5/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cython
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, wheel
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyjson5";
+  version = "1.6.6";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Kijewski";
+    repo = "pyjson5";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-LNcz9JEOw6HO9eIf71w4NJdPOB4yixBfBeD7B/NLbfE=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  # Module has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyjson5" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A JSON5 serializer and parser library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Kijewski/pyjson5";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Kijewski/pyjson5/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index e75f863bbcbc..c849ddaba0a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ mapAliases ({
   pyialarmxr = pyialarmxr-homeassistant; # added 2022-06-07
   pyialarmxr-homeassistant = throw "The package was removed together with the component support in home-assistant 2022.7.0"; # added 2022-07-07
   PyICU = pyicu; # Added 2022-12-22
-  pyjson5 = json5; # added 2022-08-28
   pyhs100 = throw "pyhs100 has been removed in favor of python-kasa."; # added 2024-01-05
   pylibgen = throw "pylibgen is unmaintained upstreamed, and removed from nixpkgs"; # added 2020-06-20
   PyLD = pyld; # added 2022-06-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 28fc5dbf9c84..b998360bed2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11134,6 +11134,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyjnius = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyjnius { };
 
+  pyjson5 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyjson5 { };
+
   pyjsparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyjsparser { };
 
   pyjwkest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyjwkest { };