diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitogen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitogen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3268e8fae7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitogen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mitogen";
+  version = "0.3.0rc1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mitogen-hq";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0hxb41sshybxjyvyarl2axs0v6w53vqxafgfjrmpp5k20z5kapz4";
+  };
+
+  # Tests require network access and Docker support
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mitogen" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python Library for writing distributed self-replicating programs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mitogen-hq/mitogen";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dd4c0f4eb2d..518ee88286f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4262,6 +4262,8 @@ in {
 
   mitmproxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mitmproxy { };
 
+  mitogen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mitogen { };
+
   mixpanel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mixpanel { };
 
   mkl-service = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkl-service { };