diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c45cf3d9a65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, hidapi
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hid";
+  version = "1.0.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-9hsDgvN6M0vIuoYEvIS5SHXuT1lPu6+CssOz6CeIP8E=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ hidapi ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+ postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    hidapi=${hidapi}/lib/
+    test -d $hidapi || { echo "ERROR: $hidapi doesn't exist, please update/fix this build expression."; exit 1; }
+    sed -i -e "s|libhidapi|$hidapi/libhidapi|" hid/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "hidapi bindings in ctypes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/apmorton/pyhidapi";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4479410af61e..26c6d5184143 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3230,6 +3230,10 @@ in {
 
   hickle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hickle { };
 
+  hid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hid {
+    inherit (pkgs) hidapi;
+  };
+
   hidapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hidapi {
     inherit (pkgs) udev libusb1;
   };