diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whois/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whois/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..759bc0cd8ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whois/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, inetutils
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "whois";
+  version = "0.9.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "DannyCork";
+    repo = "python-whois";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1rbc4xif4dn455vc8dhxdvwszrb0nik5q9fy12db6mxfx6zikb7z";
+  };
+
+  # whois is needed
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ inetutils ];
+
+  # tests require network access
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "whois" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module/library for retrieving WHOIS information";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/DannyCork/python-whois/";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 86c2b26475a1..4a3577020af7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7916,6 +7916,8 @@ in {
 
   whitenoise = callPackage ../development/python-modules/whitenoise { };
 
+  whois = callPackage ../development/python-modules/whois { };
+
   whoosh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/whoosh { };
 
   widgetsnbextension = callPackage ../development/python-modules/widgetsnbextension { };