diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..163a7adcb10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-next/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+, dbus, dbus-python, pytest, pytestcov, pytest-asyncio, pytest-timeout
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dbus-next";
+  version = "0.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "altdesktop";
+    repo = "python-dbus-next";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-C/aFDHmt6Qws6ek+++wM5GRN6TEvMGMiFktKIXRdGL0=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    dbus
+    dbus-python
+    pytest
+    pytestcov
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-timeout
+  ];
+
+  # test_peer_interface hits a timeout
+  checkPhase = ''
+    dbus-run-session --config-file=${dbus.daemon}/share/dbus-1/session.conf \
+      ${python.interpreter} -m pytest -sv --cov=dbus_next \
+      -k "not test_peer_interface"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/altdesktop/python-dbus-next";
+    description = "A zero-dependency DBus library for Python with asyncio support";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sfrijters ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7e64e854a4a8..d52b0f6bb8b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1462,6 +1462,8 @@ in {
 
   dbfread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbfread { };
 
+  dbus-next = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbus-next { };
+
   dbus-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbus { inherit (pkgs) dbus pkgconfig; };
 
   dcmstack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dcmstack { };