diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmodem/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmodem/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00a0bfb6043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmodem/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytest, which, lrzsz }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "xmodem";
+  version = "0.4.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tehmaze";
+    repo = "xmodem";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0nz2gxwaq3ys1knpw6zlz3xrc3ziambcirg3fmp3nvzjdq8ma3h0";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest which lrzsz ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure python implementation of the XMODEM protocol";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ emantor ];
+    homepage = https://github.com/tehmaze/xmodem;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e7b1c4d5468..41563b95bbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6220,6 +6220,8 @@ in {
 
   xlsx2csv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xlsx2csv { };
 
+  xmodem = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xmodem {};
+
   xmpppy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xmpppy {};
 
   xstatic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic {};