diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-sse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-sse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe985428c205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-sse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  poetry-core,
+  requests,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "requests-sse";
+  version = "0.5.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "overcat";
+    repo = "requests-sse";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-+Zv7k+cYux7aBZk9MN7ySZh+pQUHNa6KjwxQ4l4aFxA=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "requests_sse"
+  ];
+
+  # tests require internet access
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Server-sent events python client library based on requests";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/overcat/requests-sse";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/overcat/requests-sse/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGES.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eljamm ];
+    teams = with lib.teams; [ ngi ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 54eb41cdff2c..06b75d0b9a17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16830,6 +16830,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   requests-ratelimiter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-ratelimiter { };
 
+  requests-sse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-sse { };
+
   requests-toolbelt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-toolbelt { };
 
   requests-unixsocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket { };