diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..111e05066d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyres/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, simplejson, redis, setproctitle, nose, pkgs }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyres";
+  version = "1.5";
+
+  # ps is used in Worker.worker_pids method
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ simplejson setproctitle redis pkgs.ps ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose pkgs.redis ];
+
+  # PyPI tarball doesn't contain tests so let's use GitHub
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "binarydud";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1rkpv7gbjxl9h9g7kncmsrgmi77l7pgfq8d7dbnsr3ia2jmjqb8y";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    redis-server &
+    nosetests .
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python resque clone";
+    homepage = https://github.com/binarydud/pyres;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e3c8ddcab17..3a270d971d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ in {
 
   pyparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyparser { };
 
+  pyres = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyres { };
+
   pyqt4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyqt/4.x.nix {
     pythonPackages = self;
   };