diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyTelegramBotAPI/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyTelegramBotAPI/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb91196fc7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyTelegramBotAPI/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyTelegramBotAPI";
+  version = "3.6.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "00vycd7jvfnzmvmmhkjx9vf40vkcrwv7adas5i81r2jhjy7sks54";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/eternnoir/pyTelegramBotAPI";
+    description = "A simple, but extensible Python implementation for the Telegram Bot API";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ das_j ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e8e15384c83..4af2a15dacd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1190,6 +1190,8 @@ in {
 
   pystache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystache { };
 
+  pytelegrambotapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyTelegramBotAPI { };
+
   pytesseract = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytesseract { };
 
   pytest-bdd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-bdd { };