diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyppeteer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyppeteer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09d2415f8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyppeteer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, lib, urllib3, pyee, tqdm, websockets, appdirs }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyppeteer";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1s92izan7s3iffc85wpwi1qv9brcq0rlfqyi84wmpmg1dxk64g0m";
+  };
+
+  # tests want to write to /homeless-shelter
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    appdirs
+    websockets
+    tqdm
+    pyee
+    urllib3
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Headless chrome/chromium automation library (unofficial port of puppeteer)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pyppeteer/pyppeteer";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kmein ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1e196bd0c82..228098d5786 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5346,6 +5346,8 @@ in {
 
   pypoppler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pypoppler { };
 
+  pyppeteer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyppeteer { };
+
   pyprind = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyprind { };
 
   pyprof2calltree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyprof2calltree { };