diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e3375b28bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coredis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, async-timeout
+, deprecated
+, pympler
+, wrapt
+, pytestCheckHook
+, redis
+, pytest-asyncio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "coredis";
+  version = "4.14.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "alisaifee";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-pHCQ5dePk2VhYNf/Ka+sovIn2OAVYHnLQhPFVjKmgb4=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini --replace "-K" ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    async-timeout
+    deprecated
+    pympler
+    wrapt
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "coredis" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    redis
+    pytest-asyncio
+  ];
+
+  # all other tests require docker
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "tests/test_lru_cache.py"
+    "tests/test_parsers.py"
+    "tests/test_retry.py"
+    "tests/test_utils.py"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/alisaifee/coredis/blob/${src.rev}/HISTORY.rst";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alisaifee/coredis";
+    description = "An async redis client with support for redis server, cluster & sentinel";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ netali ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 292c65543f6..b543e0b7de4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2175,6 +2175,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   coreapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coreapi { };
 
+  coredis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coredis { };
+
   coreschema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coreschema { };
 
   cornice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cornice { };