diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cacheops/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cacheops/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9344d3bd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-cacheops/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+, django
+, funcy
+, redis
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "django-cacheops";
+  version = "5.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-1YUc178whzhKH87PqN3bj1UDDu39b98SciW3W8oPmd0=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    funcy
+    redis
+    six
+  ];
+
+  # tests need a redis server
+  # pythonImportsCheck not possible since DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE needs to be set
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A slick ORM cache with automatic granular event-driven invalidation for Django";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Suor/django-cacheops";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ petabyteboy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ebed7711114..08e6272188a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1845,6 +1845,8 @@ in {
 
   django-cache-url = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-cache-url { };
 
+  django-cacheops = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-cacheops { };
+
   django_classytags = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_classytags { };
 
   django-cleanup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-cleanup { };