diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-hl7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-hl7/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98a73c8252ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-hl7/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-hl7";
+  version = "0.4.5";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "johnpaulett";
+    repo = "python-hl7";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-9uFdyL4+9KSWXflyOMOeUudZTv4NwYPa0ADNTmuVbqo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "hl7" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple library for parsing messages of Health Level 7 (HL7) version 2.x into Python objects";
+    homepage = "https://python-hl7.readthedocs.org";
+    changelog = "https://python-hl7.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index caee58ae4a0c..0ab9ea5a3fd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9191,6 +9191,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   python-heatclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-heatclient { };
 
+  python-hl7 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-hl7 { };
+
   python-ipmi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ipmi { };
 
   python-ipware = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ipware { };