diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/telethon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/telethon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d847a494201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/telethon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, async_generator, rsa, pyaes, pythonOlder }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "telethon";
+  version = "1.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "Telethon";
+    sha256 = "52cb4929bf37c98ab5f3e173325dbb3cb9c1ca3f4fe6ba87d35c43e2f98858ce";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    async_generator
+    rsa
+    pyaes
+  ];
+
+  # No tests available
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon;
+    description = "Full-featured Telegram client library for Python 3";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nyanloutre ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9c4b9a806a1..f96f8554113 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4415,6 +4415,8 @@ in {
 
   taskw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/taskw { };
 
+  telethon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/telethon { };
+
   terminaltables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/terminaltables { };
 
   testpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/testpath { };