diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/multidict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/multidict/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a2e13f0c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/multidict/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pytest
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "multidict";
+  version = "2.1.4";
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "a77aa8c9f68846c3b5db43ff8ed2a7a884dbe845d01f55113a3fba78518c4cd7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Multidict implementation";
+    homepage = https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 928ee522e11..ba944b66822 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14377,6 +14377,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  multidict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/multidict { };
+
   munch = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "munch-${version}";
     version = "2.0.4";