diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi-aws/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi-aws/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b6eed0d31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi-aws/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, pulumi
+, parver
+, semver
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pulumi-aws";
+  # version is independant of pulumi's.
+  version = "5.3.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pulumi";
+    repo = "pulumi-aws";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LrWiNYJeQQvXJDOxklRO86VSiaadvkOepQVPhh2BBkk=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pulumi
+    parver
+    semver
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    cd sdk/python
+  '';
+
+  # checks require cloud resources
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = ["pulumi_aws"];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pulumi python amazon web services provider";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix
index 3f1d5205f2c..e38157c6907 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , pyyaml
 , six
 
+
 # for tests
 , tox
 , go
@@ -26,27 +27,20 @@
 
 , mypy
 }:
-
+let
+  data = import ./data.nix {};
+in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pulumi";
-  version = pulumi.version;
+  version = pulumi-bin.version;
   disabled = isPy27;
 
-  src = pulumi.src;
-
-  patches = [
-    # remove in next release
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/commit/d4b9d61d70972d22a344419fafc30aace58607f5.patch";
-      sha256 = "HEF7VWunFO+NCG18fZA7lbE2l8pc6Z3jcD+rSZ1Jsqg=";
-    }) ];
-
-  # src = fetchFromGitHub {
-  #   owner = "pulumi";
-  #   repo = "pulumi";
-  #   rev = "073e94a0b8b4ef0b1b856c63670a8dd88f6b6d02";
-  #   sha256 = "sha256-oyjQW/Z1NvsHpUwikX+bl1npfF4LESOua/o1qjqAgUs=";
-  # };
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pulumi";
+    repo = "pulumi";
+    rev = "v${pulumi-bin.version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vqEZEHTpJV65a3leWwYhyi3dzAsN67BXOvk5hnTPeuI=";
+  };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     semver
@@ -64,7 +58,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     bash
     go
     tox
-    # pylint
     pytest
     pytest-timeout
     coverage
@@ -79,12 +72,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cp README.md sdk/python/lib
     patchShebangs .
     cd sdk/python/lib
-    substituteInPlace ../Makefile \
-      --replace '$(shell cd ../../ && pulumictl get version)' '${pulumi-bin.version}' \
-      --replace '$(shell cd ../../ && pulumictl get version --language python)' '${version}'
-
-    substituteInPlace ../requirements.txt \
-      --replace 'pylint==2.10.2' 'pylint>=2.10.2'
 
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace "{VERSION}" "${version}"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 39083d2a46e..8099eb468cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1105,6 +1105,8 @@ in {
 
   pulumi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pulumi { };
 
+  pulumi-aws = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pulumi-aws { };
+
   backcall = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backcall { };
 
   backoff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backoff { };