diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freenub/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freenub/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fec4d3180bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freenub/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  poetry-core,
+  aiohttp,
+  cbor2,
+  pycryptodomex,
+  busypie,
+  pytest-asyncio,
+  pytest-vcr,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  requests,
+  pythonOlder,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "freenub";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bdraco";
+    repo = "freenub";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-UkW/7KUQ4uCu3cxDSL+kw0gjKjs4KnmxRIOLVP4hwyA=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/--cov/d" pyproject.toml
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    aiohttp
+    cbor2
+    pycryptodomex
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    busypie
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-vcr
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pubnub" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fork of pubnub";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bdraco/freenub";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bdraco/freenub/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0fd0de0df609..f22815913e25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4597,6 +4597,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   free-proxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/free-proxy { };
 
+  freenub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/freenub { };
+
   skia-pathops = callPackage ../development/python-modules/skia-pathops {
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices OpenGL;
   };