diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro-api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78804941532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyro-api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, lib }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  pname = "pyro-api";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version pname;
+    sha256 = "0rhd7p61pf2vvflbdixp7sygblvvl9qbqavxj27910lr79vl4fdz";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyroapi" ];
+
+  # tests require pyro-ppl which depends on this package
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Generic API for dispatch to Pyro backends.";
+    homepage = "http://pyro.ai";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ georgewhewell ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ba7eadea2b7..099fd106d2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5460,6 +5460,8 @@ in {
 
   pyroma = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyroma { };
 
+  pyro-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyro-api { };
+
   pyro-ppl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyro-ppl { };
 
   pyroute2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyroute2 { };