diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wasabi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wasabi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01a9a4034d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wasabi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "wasabi";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0xxjc9bvvcaz1qq1jyhcxyl2v39jz8d8dz4zhpfbc7dz53kq6b7r";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest wasabi/tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A lightweight console printing and formatting toolkit";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ines/wasabi;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ danieldk ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4c8026ced43..251c0e91c60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5431,6 +5431,8 @@ in {
 
   thinc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/thinc { };
 
+  wasabi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wasabi { };
+
   yahooweather = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yahooweather { };
 
   spacy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spacy { };