diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gidgethub/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gidgethub/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a06ae1cb6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gidgethub/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, pytestrunner
+, pytest
+, pytest-asyncio
+, twisted
+, treq
+, tornado
+, aiohttp
+, uritemplate
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gidgethub";
+  version = "2.5.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d37fdfd149bc0efa21d3899c737d9b5c7ff6348a9b3f03bf3aa0e9f8ca345483";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools pytestrunner ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytest-asyncio twisted treq tornado aiohttp ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ uritemplate ];
+
+  # requires network (reqests github.com)
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An async GitHub API library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/brettcannon/gidgethub;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f2c0c7c1b27..981b3146a07 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ in {
 
   genanki = callPackage ../development/python-modules/genanki { };
 
+  gidgethub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gidgethub { };
+
   globus-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/globus-sdk { };
 
   goocalendar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/goocalendar { };