diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/coverage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/coverage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f93d32d392f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/coverage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "coverage";
+  version = "5.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ebe78fe9a0e874362175b02371bdfbee64d8edc42a044253ddf4ee7d3c15212c";
+  };
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Code coverage measurement for python";
+    homepage = "https://coverage.readthedocs.io/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 47657d858ec..db82b0e1da9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   contextlib2 = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/contextlib2 { };
 
+  coverage = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/coverage { };
+
   cryptography = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/cryptography { };
 
   cryptography_vectors = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/cryptography-vectors { };