diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/huey/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/huey/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28a801de71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/huey/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, redis }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "huey";
+  version = "2.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "coleifer";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1hgic7qrmb1kxvfgf2qqiw39nqyknf17pjvli8jfzvd9mv7cb7hh";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ redis ];
+
+  # connects to redis
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A little task queue for python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/coleifer/huey";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.globin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 55752407edb..cdee7870eb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2895,6 +2895,8 @@ in {
 
   hglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hglib {};
 
+  huey = callPackage ../development/python-modules/huey { };
+
   humanize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/humanize { };
 
   humanfriendly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/humanfriendly { };