diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-jwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-jwt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f50fd3ff9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-jwt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, django
+, pyjwt
+, djangorestframework
+, buildPythonPackage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "djangorestframework-jwt";
+  version = "1.11.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "19rng6v1sw14mbjp5cplnrgxjnhlj8faalfw02iihi9s5w1k7zjy";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyjwt django djangorestframework ];
+
+  # ./runtests.py fails because the project must be tested against a django
+  # installation, there are missing database tables for User, that don't exist.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django REST Framework";
+    homepage = https://github.com/GetBlimp/django-rest-framework-jwt;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ivegotasthma ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 279b22788a3..0fd90d35582 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2289,6 +2289,8 @@ in {
 
   djangorestframework = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework { };
 
+  djangorestframework-jwt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework-jwt { };
+
   django-raster = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-raster { };
 
   django_redis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_redis { };