diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..516b8520f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/anyio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, idna
+, sniffio
+, typing-extensions
+, curio
+, hypothesis
+, pytestCheckHook
+, trio
+, trustme
+, uvloop
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "anyio";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+  format = "pyproject";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "agronholm";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "06nazfrm2sclp3lpgsn9wl8vmqxvx36s3gr2gnqz3zhjpf3glkxv";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    idna
+    sniffio
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    curio
+    hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
+    trio
+    trustme
+    uvloop
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    # lots of DNS lookups
+    "--ignore=tests/test_sockets.py"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "anyio" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "High level compatibility layer for multiple asynchronous event loop implementations on Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/agronholm/anyio";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aeec113524b..3f7524840f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ in {
 
   antlr4-python3-runtime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/antlr4-python3-runtime { antlr4 = pkgs.antlr4; };
 
+  anyio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/anyio { };
+
   anyjson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/anyjson { };
 
   anytree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/anytree { inherit (pkgs) graphviz; };