diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/silero-vad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/silero-vad/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..056c7fc6a656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/silero-vad/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  hatchling,
+  packaging,
+  torch,
+  torchaudio,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "silero-vad";
+  version = "6.2.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "snakers4";
+    repo = "silero-vad";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-peGaJkSqjeobgx479OKt8ErorFviTIA7naFPewgab4U=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    packaging
+    torch
+    torchaudio
+  ];
+
+  # tests use torchcodec which refuses to decode tests/data/test.mp3
+  # this causes all tests to fail. See https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad/issues/777
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "silero_vad"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Silero VAD: pre-trained enterprise-grade Voice Activity Detector";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/snakers4/silero-vad";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ seudonym ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0122829a873a..723d60529351 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18051,6 +18051,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   sigtools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sigtools { };
 
+  silero-vad = callPackage ../development/python-modules/silero-vad { };
+
   silver-platter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/silver-platter { };
 
   simanneal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simanneal { };