diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioconsole/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioconsole/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b865b565496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioconsole/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+# This package provides a binary "apython" which sometimes invokes
+# [sys.executable, '-m', 'aioconsole'] as a subprocess. If apython is
+# run directly out of this derivation, it won't work, because
+# sys.executable will point to a Python binary that is not wrapped to
+# be able to find aioconsole.
+# However, apython will work fine when using python##.withPackages,
+# because with python##.withPackages the sys.executable is already
+# wrapped to be able to find aioconsole and any other packages.
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aioconsole";
+  version = "0.1.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "17bnfcp0gacnmpdam6byb7rwhqibw57f736bbgk45w4cy2lglj3y";
+  };
+
+  # hardcodes a test dependency on an old version of pytest-asyncio
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Asynchronous console and interfaces for asyncio";
+    homepage = https://github.com/vxgmichel/aioconsole;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.catern ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f4660ec89f4..8673be1a7a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ in {
 
   adal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/adal { };
 
+  aioconsole = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioconsole { };
+
   aiodns = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiodns { };
 
   aiofiles = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiofiles { };