diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rtmidi-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rtmidi-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68927cc9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rtmidi-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, alsaLib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rtmidi-python";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1wpcaxfpbmsjc78g8841kpixr0a3v6zn0ak058s3mm25kcysp4m0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib ];
+
+  # package has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "rtmidi_python"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python wrapper for RtMidi";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/superquadratic/rtmidi-python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6a8435e2bcf..53731efcfb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1480,6 +1480,8 @@ in {
 
   rq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rq { };
 
+  rtmidi-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rtmidi-python { };
+
   rx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rx { };
 
   sabyenc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sabyenc { };