diff --git a/maintainers/team-list.nix b/maintainers/team-list.nix
index 1cfbe7b4b825..ab42a99486aa 100644
--- a/maintainers/team-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/team-list.nix
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ with lib.maintainers; {
       ekleog
       ralith
       mjlbach
+      dandellion
     ];
     scope = "Maintain the ecosystem around Matrix, a decentralized messenger.";
   };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index e8c86394831d..a8e06a0cee1e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ in
   trezord = handleTest ./trezord.nix {};
   trickster = handleTest ./trickster.nix {};
   trilium-server = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./trilium-server.nix {};
+  txredisapi = handleTest ./txredisapi.nix {};
   tuptime = handleTest ./tuptime.nix {};
   turbovnc-headless-server = handleTest ./turbovnc-headless-server.nix {};
   ucarp = handleTest ./ucarp.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/txredisapi.nix b/nixos/tests/txredisapi.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc3814a71375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/txredisapi.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  name = "txredisapi";
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
+    maintainers = [ dandellion ];
+  };
+
+  nodes = {
+    machine =
+      { pkgs, ... }:
+
+      {
+        services.redis.enable = true;
+        services.redis.unixSocket = "/run/redis/redis.sock";
+
+        environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ (python38.withPackages (ps: [ ps.twisted ps.txredisapi ps.mock ]))];
+      };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    start_all()
+    machine.wait_for_unit("redis")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port("6379")
+
+    tests = machine.succeed("PYTHONPATH=\"${pkgs.python3Packages.txredisapi.src}\" python -m twisted.trial ${pkgs.python3Packages.txredisapi.src}/tests")
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/txredisapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/txredisapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d8b268b30b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/txredisapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, nixosTests, six, twisted }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "txredisapi";
+  version = "1.4.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "IlyaSkriblovsky";
+    repo = "txredisapi";
+    rev = "1.4.7";
+    sha256 = "1f7j3c5l7jcfphvsk7nqmgyb4jaydbzq081m555kw0f9xxak0pgq";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six twisted ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "txredisapi" ];
+
+  passthru.tests.unit-tests = nixosTests.txredisapi;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/IlyaSkriblovsky/txredisapi";
+    description = "non-blocking redis client for python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dandellion ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix
index c65627311439..1d8c2737b012 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/matrix-synapse/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     typing-extensions
     unpaddedbase64
   ] ++ lib.optional enableSystemd systemd
-    ++ lib.optional enableRedis hiredis;
+    ++ lib.optionals enableRedis [ hiredis txredisapi ];
 
   checkInputs = [ mock parameterized openssl ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b025b02f70d7..2fa985758e75 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8711,6 +8711,8 @@ in {
 
   txgithub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/txgithub { };
 
+  txredisapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/txredisapi { };
+
   txrequests = callPackage ../development/python-modules/txrequests { };
 
   txtorcon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/txtorcon { };