diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/oslo-serialization/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/oslo-serialization/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6b8d0d0c422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/oslo-serialization/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, msgpack
+, oslo-utils
+, oslotest
+, pbr
+, pytz
+, stestr
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "oslo-serialization";
+  version = "4.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "oslo.serialization";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "3007e1b017ad3754cce54def894054cbcd05887e85928556657434b0fc7e4d83";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # only a small portion of the listed packages are actually needed for running the tests
+    # so instead of removing them one by one remove everything
+    rm test-requirements.txt
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pbr ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ msgpack oslo-utils pytz ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ oslotest stestr ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    stestr run
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "oslo_serialization" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Oslo Serialization library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/openstack/oslo.serialization";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.openstack.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bc42bfdf4389..fc9942ca22d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5166,6 +5166,8 @@ in {
 
   oslo-log = callPackage ../development/python-modules/oslo-log { };
 
+  oslo-serialization = callPackage ../development/python-modules/oslo-serialization { };
+
   osqp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/osqp { };
 
   outcome = callPackage ../development/python-modules/outcome { };