diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lifx-emulator-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lifx-emulator-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7079f9770ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lifx-emulator-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  hatchling,
+  pydantic,
+  pytest-asyncio,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pyyaml,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "lifx-emulator-core";
+  version = "3.6.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Djelibeybi";
+    repo = "lifx-emulator";
+    tag = "core-v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-bZ+u/OKFDYV0kQLeVQPDyLKC9KCTJydbl0xnuOsrh+0=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/packages/lifx-emulator-core";
+
+  build-system = [ hatchling ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    pydantic
+    pyyaml
+  ];
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "lifx_emulator" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Core Python library for emulating LIFX devices using the LAN protocol";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Djelibeybi/lifx-emulator/tree/main/packages/lifx-emulator-core";
+    license = lib.licenses.upl;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 215bfb2f5329..8292f6470614 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8985,6 +8985,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   lifelines = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lifelines { };
 
+  lifx-emulator-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lifx-emulator-core { };
+
   lightgbm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightgbm { };
 
   lightify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightify { };