diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2db84b4f68ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  boto3,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  cmake,
+  hypothesis,
+  rustPackages,
+  setuptools-rust,
+  torch,
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (rustPackages) rustPlatform rustc cargo;
+
+in
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "s3torchconnectorclient";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "awslabs";
+    repo = "s3-connector-for-pytorch";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ovy/VUWTYMQ3wbmLptqj6l+uVwl4Gbkt3OpPUPayuLI=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/s3torchconnectorclient";
+
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
+    inherit src sourceRoot;
+    hash = "sha256-xYfBnyZM43FNxPnnP6a45ZLCCve/B3713RNmgG0LNBc=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cargo
+    cmake
+    rustc
+    rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    rustPlatform.bindgenHook
+    setuptools-rust
+  ];
+
+  # Patch metrics-0.24.1 to fix E0521 borrow-checker error under newer rustc.
+  # Backport of the fix from metrics 0.24.2. See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/141402
+  postPatch = ''
+    patch -d $cargoDepsCopy/*/metrics-0.24.1 -p1 < ${./fix-metrics-0.24.1-E0521.patch}
+  '';
+
+  # cmake is needed/used by the rust toolchain, we don't want Nix to run it directly
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  env = {
+    CFLAGS = "-Wno-stringop-overflow -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-restrict";
+    # pyo3-0.24.1 declares support only up to Python 3.13; use stable ABI for forward compat
+    PYO3_USE_ABI3_FORWARD_COMPATIBILITY = "1";
+  };
+
+  dependencies = [
+    boto3
+    torch
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "s3torchconnectorclient" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    hypothesis
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # integration tests access S3
+    "python/tst/integration/"
+    # unit tests for S3 client creation require AWS credentials + TLS trust store
+    "python/tst/unit/test_mountpoint_s3_client.py"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Low-level S3 client for PyTorch data loading";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/s3-connector-for-pytorch";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/awslabs/s3-connector-for-pytorch/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jherland ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient/fix-metrics-0.24.1-E0521.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient/fix-metrics-0.24.1-E0521.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..390c1732b8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient/fix-metrics-0.24.1-E0521.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- a/src/recorder/mod.rs
++++ b/src/recorder/mod.rs
+@@ -139,11 +139,19 @@
+
+ impl<'a> LocalRecorderGuard<'a> {
+     /// Creates a new `LocalRecorderGuard` and sets the thread-local recorder.
+-    fn new(recorder: &'a dyn Recorder) -> Self {
+-        // SAFETY: While we take a lifetime-less pointer to the given reference, the reference we derive _from_ the
+-        // pointer is given the same lifetime of the reference used to construct the guard -- captured in the guard type
+-        // itself -- and so derived references never outlive the source reference.
+-        let recorder_ptr = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(recorder as *const _ as *mut _) };
++    fn new(recorder: &'a (dyn Recorder + 'a)) -> Self {
++        // SAFETY: We extend `'a` to `'static` to satisfy the signature of `LOCAL_RECORDER`, which
++        // has an implied `'static` bound on `dyn Recorder`. We enforce that all usages of `LOCAL_RECORDER`
++        // are limited to `'a` as we mediate its access entirely through `LocalRecorderGuard<'a>`.
++        let recorder_ptr = unsafe {
++            std::mem::transmute::<*const (dyn Recorder + 'a), *mut (dyn Recorder + 'static)>(
++                recorder as &'a (dyn Recorder + 'a),
++            )
++        };
++        // SAFETY: While we take a lifetime-less pointer to the given reference, the reference we derive _from_ the
++        // pointer is given the same lifetime of the reference used to construct the guard -- captured in the guard type
++        // itself -- and so derived references never outlive the source reference.
++        let recorder_ptr = unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(recorder_ptr) };
+
+         let prev_recorder =
+             LOCAL_RECORDER.with(|local_recorder| local_recorder.replace(Some(recorder_ptr)));
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 38c11acee55d..33447fd4ffaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18455,6 +18455,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   s3fs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/s3fs { };
 
+  s3torchconnectorclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/s3torchconnectorclient { };
+
   s3transfer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/s3transfer { };
 
   sabctools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sabctools { };