diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imaplib2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imaplib2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ceff353f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imaplib2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "imaplib2";
+  version = "2.45.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a35b6d88258696e80aabecfb784e08730b8558fcaaa3061ff2c7f8637afbd0b3";
+  };
+
+  # No tests on PyPI and no tags on GitHub :(
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A threaded Python IMAP4 client";
+    homepage = https://github.com/bcoe/imaplib2;
+    # See https://github.com/bcoe/imaplib2/issues/25
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c655d1e8f52..e1ffcb8b4f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5285,6 +5285,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  imaplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imaplib2 { };
+
   ipfsapi = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "ipfsapi-${version}";
     version = "0.4.2.post1";