diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index f0fa282118d6..26e72ef2bc1f 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -12705,6 +12705,12 @@
     githubId = 427866;
     name = "Matthias Beyer";
   };
+  matthiasdotsh = {
+    email = "git@matthias.sh";
+    name = "Matthias";
+    github = "matthiasdotsh";
+    githubId = 142118899;
+  };
   matthiasq = {
     email = "matthias.queitsch@mailbox.org";
     github = "matthias-Q";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundcard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundcard/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fd42cd2ec91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundcard/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  cffi,
+  fetchPypi,
+  lib,
+  libpulseaudio,
+  numpy,
+  setuptools,
+  testers,
+}:
+let
+  version = "0.4.3";
+in
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit version;
+  pname = "soundcard";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "SoundCard";
+    hash = "sha256-QQg1UUuhCAmAPLmIfUJw85K1nq82WRW7lFFq8/ix0Dc=";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace soundcard/pulseaudio.py \
+      --replace "'pulse'" "'${libpulseaudio}/lib/libpulse.so'"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    cffi
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  # doesn't work because there are not many soundcards in the
+  # sandbox. See VM-test
+  # pythonImportsCheck = [ "soundcard" ];
+
+  passthru.tests.vm-with-soundcard = testers.runNixOSTest ./test.nix;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Pure-Python Real-Time Audio Library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bastibe/SoundCard";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bastibe/SoundCard/blob/${version}/README.rst#changelog";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ matthiasdotsh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundcard/test.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundcard/test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..720e7336cd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundcard/test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  name = "Python Soundcard Library Test";
+
+  nodes.machine =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    {
+      environment.systemPackages = [ (pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.soundcard ])) ];
+
+      hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
+      hardware.pulseaudio.systemWide = true;
+
+      virtualisation.qemu.options = [
+        "-device virtio-sound-pci,audiodev=my_audiodev"
+        "-audiodev wav,id=my_audiodev"
+      ];
+    };
+
+  interactive.nodes.machine =
+    { ... }:
+    {
+      services.openssh.enable = true;
+      services.openssh.settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes";
+      users.extraUsers.root.initialPassword = "";
+      users.extraUsers.root.hashedPassword = null;
+      users.extraUsers.root.hashedPasswordFile = null;
+      users.extraUsers.root.initialHashedPassword = null;
+      virtualisation.forwardPorts = [
+        {
+          from = "host";
+          host.port = 2222;
+          guest.port = 22;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+
+  testScript =
+    let
+      script = builtins.toFile "import.py" ''
+        import soundcard
+      '';
+    in
+    ''
+      start_all()
+      machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+      machine.succeed("python ${script}")
+    '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6fa07f66a679..0fd0de0df609 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14566,6 +14566,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   sortedcontainers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sortedcontainers { };
 
+  soundcard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/soundcard { };
+
   soundcloud-v2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/soundcloud-v2 { };
 
   sounddevice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sounddevice { };