diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5eb60419fcf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, libssh
+, cython
+, wheel
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, toml
+, expandvars
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ansible-pylibssh";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-spaGux6dYvtUtpOdU6oN7SEn8IgBof2NpQSPvr+Zplg=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cython
+    wheel
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+    toml
+    expandvars
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    libssh
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pylibsshext"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings to client functionality of libssh specific to Ansible use case";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ansible/pylibssh";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ geluk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 96d0ff2a24eb..36c7f74c6614 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ansible-kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-kernel { };
 
+  ansible-pylibssh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-pylibssh { };
+
   ansible-runner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-runner { };
 
   ansible-vault-rw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-vault-rw { };