diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/json5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/json5/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cecce31e0ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/json5/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, hypothesis
+, lib
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "json5";
+  version = "0.9.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dpranke";
+    repo = "pyjson5";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-VkJnZG1BuC49/jJuwObbqAF48CtbWU9rDEYW4Dg0w4U=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dpranke/pyjson5";
+    description = "A Python implementation of the JSON5 data format";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veehaitch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e6e85ca129b2..b810b926b1e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3373,6 +3373,8 @@ in {
 
   jsmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsmin { };
 
+  json5 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/json5 { };
+
   jsondate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsondate { };
 
   jsondiff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsondiff { };