diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/perplexityai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/perplexityai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f572887e89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/perplexityai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  hatch-fancy-pypi-readme,
+  hatchling,
+
+  # dependencies (incl. optional)
+  anyio,
+  distro,
+  httpx,
+  pydantic,
+  sniffio,
+  typing-extensions,
+  aiohttp,
+  httpx-aiohttp,
+
+  # tests
+  pyright,
+  mypy,
+  respx,
+  pytest,
+  pytest-asyncio,
+  ruff,
+  time-machine,
+  nox,
+  dirty-equals,
+  importlib-metadata,
+  rich,
+  pytest-xdist,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "perplexityai";
+  version = "0.38.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "perplexityai";
+    repo = "perplexity-py";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Yp5A3aoKtAjWRPZ1Un2OYwezZohWirNm2JhAWLhd6uQ=";
+  };
+
+  # Can't use relaxPythonDeps as this is a version lock in the build system
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail '"hatchling==1.26.3"' '"hatchling"'
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    anyio
+    distro
+    httpx
+    pydantic
+    sniffio
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    aiohttp = [
+      aiohttp
+      httpx-aiohttp
+    ];
+  };
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pyright
+    mypy
+    respx
+    pytest
+    pytest-asyncio
+    ruff
+    time-machine
+    nox
+    dirty-equals
+    importlib-metadata
+    rich
+    pytest-xdist
+  ]
+  ++ finalAttrs.passthru.optional-dependencies.aiohttp;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "perplexity"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "API for Perplexity AI";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-py";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-py/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sarahec ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0af660bc2b5e..e852c08a6c52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12558,6 +12558,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   permissionedforms = callPackage ../development/python-modules/permissionedforms { };
 
+  perplexityai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/perplexityai { };
+
   persim = callPackage ../development/python-modules/persim { };
 
   persist-queue = callPackage ../development/python-modules/persist-queue { };