diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7f212f22844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zm-py/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k
+, pytest, requests }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zm-py";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1hq83svprd21r74palhs3xq15g34135349y4lrgr7c76i3f37j2q";
+  };
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    PYTHONPATH="./zoneminder:$PYTHONPATH" pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A loose python wrapper around the ZoneMinder REST API";
+    homepage = https://github.com/rohankapoorcom/zm-py;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
index 36f5bfe53078..66dfc4069ed6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     "camera.xeoma" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "camera.xiaomi" = ps: with ps; [ ha-ffmpeg ];
     "camera.yi" = ps: with ps; [ ha-ffmpeg ];
-    "camera.zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [  ];
+    "camera.zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [ zm-py ];
     "canary" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "cast" = ps: with ps; [ PyChromecast ];
     "climate" = ps: with ps; [  ];
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
     "sensor.zestimate" = ps: with ps; [ xmltodict ];
     "sensor.zha" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "sensor.zigbee" = ps: with ps; [  ];
-    "sensor.zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [  ];
+    "sensor.zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [ zm-py ];
     "sensor.zwave" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "shell_command" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "shiftr" = ps: with ps; [ paho-mqtt ];
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@
     "switch.xiaomi_miio" = ps: with ps; [ construct ];
     "switch.zha" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "switch.zigbee" = ps: with ps; [  ];
-    "switch.zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [  ];
+    "switch.zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [ zm-py ];
     "switch.zwave" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "system_log" = ps: with ps; [ aiohttp-cors ];
     "tado" = ps: with ps; [  ];
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@
     "zone.config_flow" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "zone.const" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "zone.zone" = ps: with ps; [  ];
-    "zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [  ];
+    "zoneminder" = ps: with ps; [ zm-py ];
     "zwave" = ps: with ps; [ homeassistant-pyozw pydispatcher ];
     "zwave.config_flow" = ps: with ps; [  ];
     "zwave.const" = ps: with ps; [  ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 279b22788a38..7be2928d7501 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5177,6 +5177,8 @@ in {
     inherit python;
   })).python;
 
+  zm-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zm-py { };
+
   rfc7464 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rfc7464 { };
 
   foundationdb51 = callPackage ../servers/foundationdb/python.nix { foundationdb = pkgs.foundationdb51; };