diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpris-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpris-server/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12c21f90cd9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpris-server/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  emoji,
+  pydbus,
+  pygobject3,
+  unidecode,
+  setuptools,
+  strenum,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mpris-server";
+  version = "0.9.6";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "mpris_server";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-T0ZeDQiYIAhKR8aw3iv3rtwzc+R0PTQuIh6+Hi4rIHQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    emoji
+    pydbus
+    pygobject3
+    strenum
+    unidecode
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mpris_server" ];
+
+  # upstream has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Publish a MediaPlayer2 MPRIS device to D-Bus";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/mpris-server/";
+    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ quadradical ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index a7520ae5352d..ec17f0928394 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ mapAliases {
   monarchmoney = throw "'monarchmoney' has been renamed to/replaced by 'monarchmoneycommunity'"; # Added 2026-03-05
   monkeytype = throw "'monkeytype' has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2026-04-19
   moretools = "'moretools' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2026-01-19
-  mpris-server = throw "mpris-server was removed because it is unused"; # added 2025-10-31
   msldap-bad = throw "'msldap-bad' has been renamed to/replaced by 'badldap'"; # added 2025-11-06
   mullvad-closest = throw "'mullvad-closest' has been removed as it was unmaintained. Consider using 'mullvad-compass' instead."; # Added 2026-01-13
   multi_key_dict = throw "'multi_key_dict' has been renamed to/replaced by 'multi-key-dict'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ce82af5e3179..6fef5cdd3477 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10397,6 +10397,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mpris-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpris-api { };
 
+  mpris-server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpris-server { };
+
   mprisify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mprisify { };
 
   mpv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpv { inherit (pkgs) mpv; };