diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio-throttle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio-throttle/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf08aec41a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio-throttle/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-asyncio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asyncio-throttle";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hallazzang";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0raqnrnp42cn1c7whbm7ajbgaczx33k6hbxsj30nh998pqxhh4sj";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "asyncio_throttle" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple, easy-to-use throttler for asyncio";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hallazzang/asyncio-throttle";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3f7524840f8..86da8934719 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ in {
 
   async_generator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async_generator { };
 
+  asyncio-throttle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio-throttle { };
+
   asyncpg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncpg { };
 
   asyncssh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncssh { };