diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysql-connector/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysql-connector/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a2b3de0016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mysql-connector/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, protobuf
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mysql-connector";
+  version = "8.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mysql";
+    repo = "mysql-connector-python";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1ygr7va56da12yp3gr7kzss9zgbs28q2lmdkw16rpxj108id4rkp";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ protobuf ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A MySQL driver";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A MySQL driver that does not depend on MySQL C client libraries and
+      implements the DB API v2.0 specification.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/mysql/mysql-connector-python;
+    license = [ lib.licenses.gpl2 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ primeos ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ea41b782bdc..a8892db76db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10869,6 +10869,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  mysql-connector = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mysql-connector { };
 
   mysql_connector_repackaged = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "mysql-connector-repackaged-0.3.1";