diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75dc81ccbad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchPypi,
+  lib,
+  setuptools,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "protobuf";
+  version = "5.27.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-8+ze8ia5r4VgdfKCJ/8skM46WU0JLDm+5VE1c/JeJxQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  # the pypi source archive does not ship tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "google.protobuf"
+    "google.protobuf.compiler"
+    "google.protobuf.internal"
+    "google.protobuf.pyext"
+    "google.protobuf.testdata"
+    "google.protobuf.util"
+    "google._upb._message"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Protocol Buffers are Google's data interchange format";
+    homepage = "https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 085c63f7c3cc..87c117dc994d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10691,6 +10691,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
     protobuf = pkgs.protobuf;
   };
 
+  # Protobuf 5.x
+  protobuf5 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/protobuf/default.nix { };
+
   # If a protobuf upgrade causes many Python packages to fail, please pin it here to the previous version.
   protobuf = protobuf4;