diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/alarmdecoder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/alarmdecoder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef8b74bb9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/alarmdecoder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pyserial, pyftdi, pyusb
+, pyopenssl, nose, isPy3k, pythonOlder, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "alarmdecoder";
+  version = "1.13.9";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nutechsoftware";
+    repo = "alarmdecoder";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0plr2h1qn4ryawbaxf29cfna4wailghhaqy1jcm9kxq6q7b9xqqy";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyserial pyftdi pyusb pyopenssl ];
+
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+  checkInputs = [ nose mock ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "alarmdecoder" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nutechsoftware/alarmdecoder";
+    description =
+      "Python interface for the Alarm Decoder (AD2) family of alarm devices. (AD2USB, AD2SERIAL and AD2PI)";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 74003cde6e5..a4afbcfaaab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1632,6 +1632,8 @@ in {
 
   alabaster = callPackage ../development/python-modules/alabaster {};
 
+  alarmdecoder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/alarmdecoder {};
+
   alembic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/alembic {};
 
   allpairspy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/allpairspy { };