diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imia/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imia/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5b855c92d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imia/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, poetry-core
+, starlette
+, fastapi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "imia";
+  version = "0.5.3";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-4CzevO7xgo8Hb1JHe/eGEtq/KCrJM0hV/7SRV2wmux8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    starlette
+    fastapi
+  ];
+
+  # running the real tests would require sqlalchemy 1.4 and starsessions 1.x
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "imia" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An authentication library for Starlette and FastAPI";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/alex-oleshkevich/imia/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alex-oleshkevich/imia";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = teams.wdz.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 64492fe45114..f0350d2bd049 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5417,6 +5417,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   imgtool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imgtool { };
 
+  imia = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imia { };
+
   iminuit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iminuit { };
 
   immutabledict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/immutabledict { };