diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/4.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a6f5d87fdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-socketio/4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, bidict
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, python-engineio_3
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-socketio";
+  version = "4.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "miguelgrinberg";
+    repo = "python-socketio";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "14dijag17v84v0pp9qi89h5awb4h4i9rj0ppkixqv6is9z9lflw5";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    bidict
+    python-engineio_3
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "socketio" ];
+
+  # pytestCheckHook seems to change the default log level to WARNING, but the
+  # tests assert it is ERROR
+  disabledTests = [ "test_logger" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python Socket.IO server and client 4.x";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Socket.IO is a lightweight transport protocol that enables real-time
+      bidirectional event-based communication between clients and a server.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ graham33 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b37c12ba1ec9..a8358e9f327b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6449,6 +6449,8 @@ in {
 
   python-socketio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-socketio { };
 
+  python-socketio_4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-socketio/4.nix { };
+
   python-sql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-sql { };
 
   python_statsd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python_statsd { };