diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/amcrest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amcrest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..772b8fbaa046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amcrest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, argcomplete
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, requests
+, responses
+, urllib3
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "amcrest";
+  version = "1.7.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tchellomello";
+    repo = "python-amcrest";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "06gbrshf6vqvq3k813d1w37k2kmps0g6msa4lp2f9xvzw3iczshy";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    argcomplete
+    requests
+    urllib3
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+    responses
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "amcrest" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module for Amcrest and Dahua Cameras";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tchellomello/python-amcrest";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
index 8ba845dc4316..be86ce46ab23 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/component-packages.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "amazon_polly" = ps: with ps; [ boto3 ];
     "ambiclimate" = ps: with ps; [ aiohttp-cors ambiclimate ];
     "ambient_station" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: aioambient
-    "amcrest" = ps: with ps; [ ha-ffmpeg ]; # missing inputs: amcrest
+    "amcrest" = ps: with ps; [ amcrest ha-ffmpeg ];
     "ampio" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: asmog
     "android_ip_webcam" = ps: with ps; [ ]; # missing inputs: pydroid-ipcam
     "androidtv" = ps: with ps; [ adb-shell androidtv pure-python-adb ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 84c11b5cd0f1..4f0c63410de5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ in {
 
   ambiclimate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ambiclimate { };
 
+  amcrest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amcrest { };
+
   amply = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amply { };
 
   amqp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amqp { };