diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/speedtest-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/speedtest-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2c38a3414b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/speedtest-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+# cannot be built as pythonApplication because the library functions are
+# required for home-assistant
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "speedtest-cli";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "2f3d5aa1086d9b367c03b99db6e3207525af174772d877c6b982289b8d2bdefe";
+  };
+
+  # tests require working internet connection
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu domenkozar ndowens ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
index a67de2dab1a..c1b35946d68 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
     "sensor.sochain" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "sensor.socialblade" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "sensor.sonarr" = ps: with ps; [  ];
-    "sensor.speedtest" = ps: with ps; [  ];
+    "sensor.speedtest" = ps: with ps; [ speedtest-cli ];
     "sensor.spotcrime" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "sensor.sql" = ps: with ps; [ sqlalchemy ];
     "sensor.startca" = ps: with ps; [ xmltodict ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/speedtest-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/speedtest-cli/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eedea841356..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/speedtest-cli/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
-
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  name = "speedtest-cli-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.2";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "sivel";
-    repo = "speedtest-cli";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0vv2z37g2kgm2dzkfa4bhri92hs0d1acxi8z66gznsl5148q7sdi";
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    homepage = https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli;
-    description = "Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ndowens ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2197b19a804..cd8ee2b2a55 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8851,7 +8851,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sparse = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/sparse { };
 
-  speedtest-cli = callPackage ../tools/networking/speedtest-cli { };
+  speedtest-cli = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication speedtest-cli;
 
   spin = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/spin { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 67b209a6047..e6f38775d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15029,6 +15029,8 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
+  speedtest-cli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/speedtest-cli { };
+
   pushbullet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pushbullet { };
 
   power = buildPythonPackage rec {