diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cattrs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cattrs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a48e29b827b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cattrs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, attrs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, hypothesis
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cattrs";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Tinche";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "083d5mi6x7qcl26wlvwwn7gsp5chxlxkh4rp3a41w8cfwwr3h6l8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ attrs ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cattr" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python custom class converters for attrs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Tinche/cattrs";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5744c8db921..3edbe5de92d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1161,6 +1161,8 @@ in {
 
   catboost = callPackage ../development/python-modules/catboost { };
 
+  cattrs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cattrs { };
+
   cbeams = callPackage ../misc/cbeams { };
 
   cbor2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cbor2 { };