diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/gphotos-sync/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/gphotos-sync/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7cd29e1a812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/gphotos-sync/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "gphotos-sync";
+  version = "2.14.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gilesknap";
+    repo = "gphotos-sync";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0cfmbrdy6w18hb623rjn0a4hnn3n63jw2jlmgn4a2k1sjqhpx3bf";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    appdirs
+    attrs
+    exif
+    psutil
+    pyyaml
+    requests_oauthlib
+  ];
+  checkInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    mock
+  ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+
+    # patch to skip all tests that do network access
+    cat >>test/test_setup.py <<EOF
+    import pytest, requests
+    requests.Session.__init__ = lambda *args, **kwargs: pytest.skip("no network access")
+    EOF
+
+    pytestCheckPhase
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Google Photos and Albums backup with Google Photos Library API";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync";
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dnr ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b40b3f8877e..d6d5ea86f605 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4918,6 +4918,8 @@ in
 
   ldmtool = callPackage ../tools/misc/ldmtool { };
 
+  gphotos-sync = callPackage ../tools/backup/gphotos-sync { };
+
   gpodder = callPackage ../applications/audio/gpodder { };
 
   gpp = callPackage ../development/tools/gpp { };