diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clvm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7168832fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clvm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, blspy
+, setuptools-scm
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "clvm";
+  version = "0.9.6";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Chia-Network";
+    repo = "clvm";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-XBQEilDFhx0kT9bEMD4jX+SDk3cAC1BUCWhbtpgrLcA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  # give a hint to setuptools_scm on package version
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = "v${version}";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    blspy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # all tests in this file have a circular dependency on clvm-tools
+    "tests/cmds_test.py"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "clvm"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Chia Lisp virtual machine";
+    homepage = "https://www.chia.net/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.chia.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ff938c474c7..192e96f2e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1447,6 +1447,8 @@ in {
 
   clustershell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clustershell { };
 
+  clvm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clvm { };
+
   clvm-rs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clvm-rs { };
 
   cma = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cma { };