diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/loadcredential/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/loadcredential/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0cc59754bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/loadcredential/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  wheel,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "loadcredential";
+  version = "1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Tom-Hubrecht";
+    repo = "loadcredential";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-GXpMqGLDmDnTGa9cBYe0CP3Evm5sQ3AK9u6k3mLAW34=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "loadcredential" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple python package to read credentials passed through systemd's LoadCredential, with a fallback on env variables ";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Tom-Hubrecht/loadcredential";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thubrecht ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9a75182c3603..d552fd2ffc50 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6964,6 +6964,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   lnkparse3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lnkparse3 { };
 
+  loadcredential = callPackage ../development/python-modules/loadcredential { };
+
   loca = callPackage ../development/python-modules/loca { };
 
   localimport = callPackage ../development/python-modules/localimport { };