diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopen-wakeword/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopen-wakeword/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79114e2b493a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopen-wakeword/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  autoPatchelfHook,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  numpy,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyopen-wakeword";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rhasspy";
+    repo = "pyopen-wakeword";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-LJ0pHP4nsTx3GPuWUwOwNuXR9tUKABqSHnLSvMlfm1Y=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    python ./script/copy_lib
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoPatchelfHook
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pyopen_wakeword"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Alternative Python library for openWakeWord";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rhasspy/pyopen-wakeword";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rhasspy/pyopen-wakeword/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hexa ];
+    # vendors prebuilt libtensorflowlite_c.{so,dll,dylib}
+    sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5655cb7d68b2..82d27929cb51 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13693,6 +13693,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyomo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyomo { };
 
+  pyopen-wakeword = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopen-wakeword/default.nix { };
+
   pyopencl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopencl { };
 
   pyopengl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopengl {