diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-whois/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-whois/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4d163100ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-whois/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, future
+, nose
+, pytestCheckHook
+, simplejson
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-whois";
+  version = "0.7.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "05jaxbnlw5wck0hl124py364jqrx7a4mmv0hy3d2jzvmp0012sk5";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+    pytestCheckHook
+    simplejson
+  ];
+
+  # Exclude tests that require network access
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_dk_parse"
+    "test_ipv4"
+    "test_ipv6"
+  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "whois" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module to produce parsed WHOIS data";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/richardpenman/whois";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
index 9b3b6e662b91..855e52cdbd84 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@
     "webostv" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: aiopylgtv
     "websocket_api" = ps: with ps; [ aiohttp-cors ];
     "wemo" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: pywemo
-    "whois" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: python-whois
+    "whois" = ps: with ps; [ python-whois ];
     "wiffi" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: wiffi
     "wilight" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: pywilight
     "wink" = ps: with ps; [ aiohttp-cors ]; # missing inputs: pubnubsub-handler python-wink
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0256839a777a..86c2b26475a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6163,6 +6163,8 @@ in {
 
   python-vlc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-vlc { };
 
+  python-whois = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-whois { };
+
   python-wifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-wifi { };
 
   python-xmp-toolkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-xmp-toolkit { };