diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imap-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imap-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..107febe4041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imap-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy27
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "imap-tools";
+  version = "0.37.0";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ikvk";
+    repo = "imap_tools";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1501lk3fjxqmzxffahbj33y795gwl96yqvk3fs86cchm6vz2gnkk";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # tests require a network connection
+    "test_action"
+    "test_folders"
+    "test_connectio"
+    "test_attributes"
+    "test_live"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "imap_tools" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Work with email and mailbox by IMAP";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ikvk/imap_tools";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e2bf63d4764..a78b25782df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3102,6 +3102,8 @@ in {
 
   imaplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imaplib2 { };
 
+  imap-tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imap-tools { };
+
   imbalanced-learn = if isPy27 then
     callPackage ../development/python-modules/imbalanced-learn/0.4.nix { }
   else