diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01c0c3f4aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jsonrpc-base";
+  version = "1.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1dl55n54ha5kf4x6hap2p1k3s4qa4w7g791wp2656rjg2zxfgywk";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A JSON-RPC client library base interface";
+    homepage = https://github.com/armills/jsonrpc-base;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8a3df659ad4..a8ae55ae3b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2760,6 +2760,8 @@ in {
 
   curtsies = callPackage ../development/python-modules/curtsies { };
 
+  jsonrpc-base = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base { };
+
   onkyo-eiscp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/onkyo-eiscp { };
 
   pyunifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyunifi { };