diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/varlink/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/varlink/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47604cfd2f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/varlink/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
+  lib,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "varlink";
+  version = "32.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "varlink";
+    repo = "python";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-cdTQ5OIhyPts3wuiyWZjEv9ItbHRlKbHd0nW0eAnj6s=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python implementation of the Varlink protocol";
+    homepage = "https://varlink.org/python";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jmbaur ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e02a989331c..d5de3da1ee2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20635,6 +20635,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   varint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/varint { };
 
+  varlink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/varlink { };
+
   vat-moss = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vat-moss { };
 
   vbuild = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vbuild { };