diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/simple-websocket-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simple-websocket-server/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee9444fd38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simple-websocket-server/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "simple-websocket-server";
+  version = "20180414";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dpallot";
+    repo = "simple-websocket-server";
+    rev = "34e6def93502943d426fb8bb01c6901341dd4fe6";
+    sha256 = "19rcpdx4vxg9is1cpyh9m9br5clyzrpb7gyfqsl0g3im04m098n5";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false; # no tests
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A python based websocket server that is simple and easy to use";
+    homepage = https://github.com/dpallot/simple-websocket-server/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rvolosatovs ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c8cb678618f..8f04a0e710d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4297,6 +4297,8 @@ in {
 
   schema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/schema {};
 
+  simple-websocket-server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simple-websocket-server {};
+
   stem = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stem { };
 
   svg-path = callPackage ../development/python-modules/svg-path { };