diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a28970a8ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-socket/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-socket";
+  version = "0.3.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "miketheman";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1jbzkyp4xki81h01yl4vg3nrg9b6shsk1ryrmkaslffyhrqnj8zh";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  # unsurprisingly pytest-socket require network for majority of tests
+  # to pass...
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pytest Plugin to disable socket calls during tests";
+    homepage = https://github.com/miketheman/pytest-socket;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9e2c25be014..623d84730e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1965,6 +1965,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-shutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-shutil { };
 
+  pytest-socket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-socket { };
+
   pytestcov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-cov { };
 
   pytest-expect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-expect { };