diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrdt-websocket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrdt-websocket/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e3bbb6edcdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrdt-websocket/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, hatchling
+, aiosqlite
+, anyio
+, channels
+, pycrdt
+, pytest-asyncio
+, pytestCheckHook
+, uvicorn
+, websockets
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycrdt-websocket";
+  version = "0.12.5";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyter-server";
+    repo = "pycrdt-websocket";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-dTjWujRMYpg8XZ0OkEG49OLIAPj8qnZl+W7713NKVaA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    aiosqlite
+    anyio
+    pycrdt
+  ];
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    django = [
+      channels
+    ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pycrdt_websocket"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytestCheckHook
+    uvicorn
+    websockets
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # requires nodejs and installed js modules
+    "tests/test_pycrdt_yjs.py"
+  ];
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "WebSocket Connector for pycrdt";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter-server/pycrdt-websocket";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jupyter-server/pycrdt-websocket/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = teams.jupyter.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 69ba22855759..dd4325af8064 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9343,6 +9343,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pycrdt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycrdt { };
 
+  pycrdt-websocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycrdt-websocket { };
+
   pyfibaro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfibaro { };
 
   pyfireservicerota = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfireservicerota { };