diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99efcdbb7357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wslink/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  aiohttp,
+  msgpack,
+  cryptography,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "wslink";
+  version = "2.3.4";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kitware";
+    repo = "wslink";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-QTMEZgoV7Ua3x2C2E9Z1NsX35/JcfmpLZDjNd/HzDj8=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/python";
+
+  # add missing version string to dist-info
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/name *= */a\    version='${version}'," setup.py
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    aiohttp
+    msgpack
+  ];
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    ssl = [ cryptography ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "wslink" ];
+
+  # doCheck need interacting with the http server
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python/JavaScript library for communicating over WebSocket";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Kitware/wslink";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Kitware/wslink/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ qbisi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3ff83c7ab106..954c54da7583 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19431,6 +19431,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   wsgitools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wsgitools { };
 
+  wslink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wslink { };
+
   wsme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wsme { };
 
   wsproto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wsproto { };