diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymemcache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymemcache/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0089e8edbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymemcache/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, future
+, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pymemcache";
+  version = "3.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pinterest";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0xkw76y4059jg2a902wlpk6psyh2g4x6j6vlj9gzd5vqb7ihg2y7";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    future
+    mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/--cov/d" setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # python-memcached is not available (last release in 2017)
+    "TestClientSocketConnect"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pymemcache" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python memcached client";
+    homepage = "https://pymemcache.readthedocs.io/";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3503c37f5e7..3ba1df2a198 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5956,6 +5956,8 @@ in {
 
   pymeeus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymeeus { };
 
+  pymemcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymemcache { };
+
   pymemoize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymemoize { };
 
   pyment = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyment { };