diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ea6dd89f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-engineio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, six
+, eventlet
+, mock
+, iana-etc
+, libredirect
+, aiohttp
+, tornado
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-engineio";
+  version = "3.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "miguelgrinberg";
+    repo = "python-engineio";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1v510fhn0li808ar2cmwh5nijacy5x60q9x4gm0b34j6mkmc59ph";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    eventlet
+    mock
+    aiohttp
+    tornado
+  ];
+
+  # make /etc/protocols accessible to fix socket.getprotobyname('tcp') in sandbox
+  preCheck = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/protocols=${iana-etc}/etc/protocols \
+      LD_PRELOAD=${libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so
+  '';
+  postCheck = "unset NIX_REDIRECTS LD_PRELOAD";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Engine.IO server";
+    homepage = http://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-engineio/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5d34c61d4b8..37c8557517b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ in {
 
   python-binance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-binance { };
 
+  python-engineio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-engineio { };
+
   python-hosts = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-hosts { };
 
   python-lz4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-lz4 { };