diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteval/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteval/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c66a5468873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteval/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asteval";
+  version = "0.9.21";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "newville";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1bhdj7zybsqghgd7qx50il7nwfg79qx9wg03n0z96jgq5gydqd9w";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "asteval" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "AST evaluator of Python expression using ast module";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/newville/asteval";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 08b8cb84675..1977fd25128 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ in {
 
   aspy-yaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aspy.yaml { };
 
+  asteval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asteval { };
+
   astor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astor { };
 
   astral = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astral { };