diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..038d9b2c65ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boa-api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "boa-api";
+  version = "0.1.14";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "boalang";
+    repo = "api-python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8tt68NLi5ewSKiHdu3gDawTBPylbDmB4zlUUqa7EQuY=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "boaapi" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/boalang/api-python";
+    description = "Python client API for communicating with Boa's (https://boa.cs.iastate.edu/) XML-RPC based services";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ swflint ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2311f6b64082..ea03a7473a19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1386,6 +1386,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   bme680 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bme680 { };
 
+  boa-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boa-api { };
+
   bokeh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bokeh { };
 
   boltons = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boltons { };