diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanotime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanotime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dd520a04e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanotime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nanotime";
+  version = "0.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "c7cc231fc5f6db401b448d7ab51c96d0a4733f4b69fabe569a576f89ffdf966b";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  # tests currently fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Provides a time object that keeps time as the number of nanoseconds since the UNIX epoch";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jbenet/nanotime/tree/master/python;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmcdragonkai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7be2928d750..873dae8ec19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5199,6 +5199,8 @@ in {
 
   nanoleaf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nanoleaf { };
 
+  nanotime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nanotime { };
+
   importlib-metadata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/importlib-metadata {};
 
   importlib-resources = callPackage ../development/python-modules/importlib-resources {};