diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c91579d241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, click, redis }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rq";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1fs03g1n1l8k03zwhkhckhsrnnsm3645sqby2nwh5gfij2kcc9sg";
+  };
+
+  # test require a running redis rerver, which is something we can't do yet
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click redis ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A simple, lightweight library for creating background jobs, and processing them";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nvie/rq/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mrmebelman ];
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eaee38ceaeb..ae6e55755e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -935,6 +935,8 @@ in {
 
   rlp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rlp { };
 
+  rq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rq { };
+
   rx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rx { };
 
   sabyenc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sabyenc { };