diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-simplejwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-simplejwt/default.nix
index 523d15d8c025..cb5c3478d910 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-simplejwt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-simplejwt/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
+, cryptography
 , django
 , djangorestframework
 , fetchPypi
@@ -30,9 +31,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     django
     djangorestframework
     pyjwt
-    python-jose
   ];
 
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    python-jose = [
+      python-jose
+    ];
+    crypto = [
+      cryptography
+    ];
+  };
+
   # Test raises django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured
   doCheck = false;