diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastcache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastcache/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5638e8412b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastcache/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fastcache";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1rl489zfbm2x67n7i6r7r4nhrhwk6yz3yc7x9y2rky8p95vhaw46";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C implementation of Python3 lru_cache for Python 2 and 3";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pbrady/fastcache;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bhipple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b1d2a6cbd0b..1546df815b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2537,6 +2537,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  fastcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastcache { };
+
   functools32 = if isPy3k then null else buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "functools32-${version}";
     version = "3.2.3-2";