diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyclip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyclip/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac79eb8293f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyclip/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pytest
+, xclip
+, xvfb-run
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyclip";
+  version = "0.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "spyoungtech";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "19ff9cgnfx03mbmy5zpbdi986ppx38a5jf97vkqnic4g5sd1qyrn";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace docs/README.md README.md
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ xclip xvfb-run ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    ${lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux "xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 800x600x24'"} pytest tests
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Cross-platform clipboard utilities supporting both binary and text data";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/spyoungtech/pyclip";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mcaju ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0dc13e907c64..9d7bf43cc8ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6182,6 +6182,8 @@ in {
 
   pyclimacell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyclimacell { };
 
+  pyclip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyclip { };
+
   pyclipper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyclipper { };
 
   pycm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycm { };