diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matrix-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matrix-client/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0bbef8a78fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matrix-client/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonPackages
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "matrix-client";
+  version = "0.0.6";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "15kx5px26hwr0sxpyjk4w61fjnabg1b57hwys1nyarc0jx4qjhiq";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = with pythonPackages; [ tox pytest flake8 responses ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ requests ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Matrix Client-Server SDK";
+    homepage = https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-python-sdk;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olejorgenb ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 56f915f372d5..d00d7f5d1647 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12539,6 +12539,7 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
   };
 
+  matrix-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/matrix-client/default.nix { pythonPackages = self; };
 
   mccabe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mccabe { };