diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpam-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpam-wrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8359cded93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpam-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchgit
+, cmake
+, linux-pam
+, enablePython ? false
+, python ? null
+}:
+
+assert enablePython -> python != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libpam-wrapper";
+  version = "1.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.samba.org/pam_wrapper.git";
+    rev = "pam_wrapper-${version}";
+    sha256 = "00mqhsashx7njrvxz085d0b88nizhdy7m3x17ip5yhvwsl63km6p";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional enablePython [ python ];
+
+  # We must use linux-pam, using openpam will result in broken fprintd.
+  buildInputs = [ linux-pam ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Wrapper for testing PAM modules";
+    homepage = "https://cwrap.org/pam_wrapper.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.elyhaka ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e32522158c..c6943b8edbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13262,6 +13262,8 @@ in
 
   libp11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libp11 { };
 
+  libpam-wrapper = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpam-wrapper { };
+
   libpar2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpar2 { };
 
   libpcap = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpcap { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 513b5876bf0..58923066fc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7042,6 +7042,11 @@ in {
 
   pytoml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytoml { };
 
+  pypamtest = pkgs.libpam-wrapper.override {
+    enablePython = true;
+    inherit python;
+  };
+
   pypandoc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pypandoc { };
 
   yamllint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yamllint { };