diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..532fd301a1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, pythonOlder
+, pyserial
+, click
+, ecdsa
+, behave
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "adafruit-nrfutil";
+  version = "0.5.3.post17";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "adafruit";
+    repo = "Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-mHHKOQE9AGBX8RAyaPOy+JS3fTs98+AFdq9qsVy7go4=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Pull a patch which fixes the tests, but is not yet released in a new version:
+    # https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil/pull/38
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-tests.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil/commit/e5fbcc8ee5958041db38c04139ba686bf7d1b845.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-0tbJldGtYcDdUzA3wZRv0lenXVn6dqV016U9nMpQ6/w=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyserial
+    click
+    ecdsa
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    behave
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    mkdir test-reports
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "nordicsemi"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_nRF52_nrfutil";
+    description = "Modified version of Nordic's nrfutil 0.5.x for use with the Adafruit Feather nRF52";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ stargate01 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 59cdb70f68dd..92dd57cea09f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ in {
 
   adafruit-io = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-io { };
 
+  adafruit-nrfutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-nrfutil { };
+
   adafruit-platformdetect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-platformdetect { };
 
   adafruit-pureio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adafruit-pureio { };