diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backoff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backoff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd92351c4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backoff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytestCheckHook, poetry, pytest-asyncio, }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "backoff";
+  version = "1.10.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "litl";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1jj0l6pjx747d2yyvnzd3qbm4qr73sq6cc56dhvd8wqfbp5279x0";
+  };
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-asyncio ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Function decoration for backoff and retry";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/litl/backoff";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chkno ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 61ee091dab0..cc2fe7db558 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1957,6 +1957,8 @@ in {
 
   backcall = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backcall { };
 
+  backoff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backoff { };
+
   backports_abc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_abc { };
 
   backports_functools_lru_cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_functools_lru_cache { };