diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencv-python-headless/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencv-python-headless/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a379d39b879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencv-python-headless/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  mkPythonMetaPackage,
+  opencv4,
+}:
+
+mkPythonMetaPackage {
+  pname = "opencv-python-headless";
+  inherit (opencv4) version;
+  dependencies = [ opencv4 ];
+  optional-dependencies = opencv4.optional-dependencies or { };
+  meta = {
+    inherit (opencv4.meta) description homepage;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0e4926959ab1..76e5e1f13dbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9368,6 +9368,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
     pythonPackages = self;
   });
 
+  opencv-python-headless = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opencv-python-headless { };
+
   openerz-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openerz-api { };
 
   openevsewifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openevsewifi { };