diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ipmi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ipmi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f8b8fe58a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ipmi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, future
+, mock
+, nose
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-ipmi";
+  version = "0.5.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kontron";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0rcix3q845zsmfj5857kq1r5b8m7m3sad34i23k65m0p58clwdqm";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    future
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    nose
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyipmi" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python IPMI Library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kontron/python-ipmi";
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl2Plus ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f79b7a4fc76e..99c6294ecadb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5363,6 +5363,8 @@ in {
 
   python-ecobee-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ecobee-api { };
 
+  python-ipmi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ipmi { };
+
   python-izone = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-izone { };
 
   python-juicenet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-juicenet { };