diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/wy/wyoming-piper/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/wy/wyoming-piper/package.nix
index 1470dab1c42d..7279c43f9477 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/wy/wyoming-piper/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/wy/wyoming-piper/package.nix
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "wyoming-piper";
-  version = "1.6.0";
+  version = "1.6.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rhasspy";
     repo = "wyoming-piper";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-pVpCnrf/BnAeyfyf82i9Ga/2WQUs1qGceL9uJ99WddY=";
+    hash = "sha256-r7odRraBSDP2fbRJ3ixaL80fhBSb9r5icPuf1Qa6Va8=";
   };
 
   build-system = with python3Packages; [
@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "wyoming_piper"
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    numpy
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytestCheckHook
+    python-speech-features
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # network access
+    "test_piper"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/rhasspy/wyoming-piper/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-speech-features/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-speech-features/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a24c4720ab84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-speech-features/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  numpy,
+  scipy,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-speech-features";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jameslyons";
+    repo = "python_speech_features";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-IAQujxQ5hOXFNOIEhWsGOTeWqxyBmqL5HSVD4KYEn3U=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    numpy
+    scipy
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "python_speech_features"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Common speech features for ASR including MFCCs and filterbank energies";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jameslyons/python_speech_features";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 68a80e0a1055..ddcfc73c28e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14592,6 +14592,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   python-songpal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-songpal { };
 
+  python-speech-features = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-speech-features { };
+
   python-sql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-sql { };
 
   python-status = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-status { };