diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8adec68bdcd1..eaa2d3a37cb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26179,6 +26179,32 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  virtkey = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "virtkey-${version}";
+    majorVersion = "0.63";
+    version = "${majorVersion}.0";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://launchpad.net/virtkey/${majorVersion}/${version}/+download/virtkey-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0hd99hrxn6bh3rxcrdnad5cqjsphrn1s6fzx91q07d44k6cg6qcr";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
+
+    buildInputs =
+         [ pkgs.gtk2 ]
+      ++ (with pkgs.xorg; [ libX11 libXtst libXi libxkbfile xextproto xproto ]);
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Extension to emulate keypresses and to get the layout information from the X server";
+      homepage = "https://launchpad.net/virtkey";
+      license = licenses.gpl3;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+    };
+  };
+
+
+
   virtual-display = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "PyVirtualDisplay-0.1.5";