diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bonsai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bonsai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b50293d0b848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bonsai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, cyrus_sasl
+, openldap
+, typing-extensions
+, gevent
+, tornado
+, trio
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bonsai";
+  version = "1.5.1";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "noirello";
+    repo = "bonsai";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-UR/Ds5famD8kuDa6IIIyEv45eJuAcoygXef8XE+5Cxk=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cyrus_sasl
+    openldap
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    gevent = [ gevent ];
+    tornado = [ tornado ];
+    trio = [ trio ];
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # requires running LDAP server
+    "tests/test_asyncio.py"
+    "tests/test_ldapclient.py"
+    "tests/test_ldapconnection.py"
+    "tests/test_ldapentry.py"
+    "tests/test_ldapreference.py"
+    "tests/test_pool.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # requires running LDAP server
+    "test_set_async_connect"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bonsai" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/noirello/bonsai/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    description = "Python 3 module for accessing LDAP directory servers";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/noirello/bonsai";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 26071b03393a..5da24e7d828f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1347,6 +1347,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   bond-async = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bond-async { };
 
+  bonsai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bonsai { };
+
   booleanoperations = callPackage ../development/python-modules/booleanoperations { };
 
   boolean-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boolean-py { };