diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63e096bdc0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncstdlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, typing-extensions
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asyncstdlib";
+  version = "3.9.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "maxfischer2781";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "13ranr7zi61w52vfrxwkf32bbhk88j0r5c5z2x2h5vw268001lk2";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "asyncstdlib" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library that extends the Python asyncio standard library";
+    homepage = "https://asyncstdlib.readthedocs.io/";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 39c7940c610..41f8748ce5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ in {
 
   asyncssh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncssh { };
 
+  asyncstdlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncstdlib { };
+
   async_stagger = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async_stagger { };
 
   asynctest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asynctest { };