diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-eventemitter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-eventemitter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6ec63359584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-eventemitter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  gevent,
+
+  pytestCheckHook,
+
+  setuptools,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gevent-eventemitter";
+  version = "2.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rossengeorgiev";
+    repo = "gevent-eventemitter";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-aW4OsQi3N5yAMdbTd8rxbb2qYMfFJBR4WQFIXvxpiMw=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    gevent
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "EventEmitter using gevent";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rossengeorgiev/gevent-eventemitter";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ weirdrock ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ad4c7649a292..d37ca44566b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5737,6 +5737,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   gevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent { };
 
+  gevent-eventemitter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent-eventemitter { };
+
   gevent-socketio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent-socketio { };
 
   gevent-websocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent-websocket { };