diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/getkey/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/getkey/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0cbec29145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/getkey/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, flake8
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "getkey";
+  version = "0.6.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ng0ihfagh9g8hral0bq5nhjlp3csqghyv3z8b7ylkdkqc1cgiv8";
+  };
+
+  # disable coverage, because we don't care and python-coveralls is not in nixpkgs
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e '/python-coveralls/d' -e '/pytest-cov/d' -i setup.py
+    rm setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    flake8
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Read single characters and key-strokes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kcsaff/getkey";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.symphorien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bcbc6a9ba98..73f844f2d63 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2344,6 +2344,8 @@ in {
 
   getmac = callPackage ../development/python-modules/getmac { };
 
+  getkey = callPackage ../development/python-modules/getkey { };
+
   gevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent { };
 
   geventhttpclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geventhttpclient { };