diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix
index fa18e6c0ce56..10b7b47b3f4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dd-agent/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ let
       ipaddress
       backports_ssl_match_hostname
       docker_pycreds
+      uptime
     ];
 
     # due to flake8
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2435c3a704e1..4d0b08c508b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26619,6 +26619,23 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  uptime = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "uptime-${version}";
+    version = "3.0.1";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/u/uptime/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0wr9jkixprlywz0plyn5p42a5fd31aiwvjrxdvj7r02vfxa04c3w";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://github.com/Cairnarvon/uptime;
+      description = "Cross-platform way to retrieve system uptime and boot time";
+      license = licenses.bsd2;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ rob ];
+    };
+  };
+
   urlgrabber =  buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "urlgrabber-3.9.1";
     disabled = isPy3k;