diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio_mqtt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio_mqtt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..088681a1989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio_mqtt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, async_generator
+, paho-mqtt
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asyncio_mqtt";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0hwfgww1ywhjvkpnvafbk2hxlqkrngfdz0sx5amzw68srzazvl6g";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    paho-mqtt
+  ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.7") async_generator;
+
+  doCheck = false; # no tests
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "asyncio_mqtt" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Idomatic asyncio wrapper around paho-mqtt";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sbtinstruments/asyncio-mqtt";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sbtinstruments/asyncio-mqtt/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 315e9202da0..3c020a285db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ in {
 
   asyncio-dgram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio-dgram { };
 
+  asyncio-mqtt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio_mqtt { };
+
   asyncio-throttle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio-throttle { };
 
   asyncpg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncpg { };