diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index ea12046d9d72..861f120d2fac 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -6377,6 +6377,12 @@
     github = "dietmarw";
     githubId = 9332;
   };
+  different-name = {
+    name = "different-name";
+    email = "hello@different-name.dev";
+    github = "different-name";
+    githubId = 49257026;
+  };
   diffumist = {
     email = "git@diffumist.me";
     github = "Diffumist";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/useful-types/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/useful-types/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32434c202563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/useful-types/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  flit-core,
+  typing-extensions,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "useful-types";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "useful_types";
+    hash = "sha256-hwoLzI/LfQsvFAVUOMHKt+JI/e2UKwlDpNcBnn+72s0=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "useful_types" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Useful types for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hauntsaninja/useful_types";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hauntsaninja/useful_types/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ different-name ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7291fcd58710..324afdf61bbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18976,6 +18976,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   usbtmc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/usbtmc { };
 
+  useful-types = callPackage ../development/python-modules/useful-types { };
+
   user-agents = callPackage ../development/python-modules/user-agents { };
 
   userpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/userpath { };