diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlink-grpc-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlink-grpc-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f84b01013280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlink-grpc-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  grpcio,
+  protobuf,
+  yagrc,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "starlink-grpc-core";
+  version = "1.2.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sparky8512";
+    repo = "starlink-grpc-tools";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-TXj8cU5abVIA81vEylYgZCIAUk31BppwRdHMl9kOEPQ=";
+  };
+
+  pypaBuildFlags = [ "packaging" ];
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    grpcio
+    protobuf
+    yagrc
+  ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "starlink_grpc" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Core functions for Starlink gRPC communication";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sparky8512/starlink-grpc-tools";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sparky8512/starlink-grpc-tools/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jamiemagee ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b56d9758064c..c68453554d2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17116,6 +17116,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   starline = callPackage ../development/python-modules/starline { };
 
+  starlink-grpc-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/starlink-grpc-core { };
+
   stashy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stashy { };
 
   static3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/static3 { };