diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannotate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannotate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bcf07f1015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyannotate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, six
+, mypy_extensions
+, typing
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.0.6";
+  pname = "pyannotate";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "dbdc2a26cbf45490a650e976ba45f99abe9ddbf0af5746307914e5ef419e325e";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six mypy_extensions ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.5") [ typing ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dropbox/pyannotate;
+    description = "Auto-generate PEP-484 annotations";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2bea7b3053b..1a79b3b8be3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) arrow-cpp cmake pkgconfig;
   };
 
+  pyannotate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyannotate { };
+
   pyatspi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyatspi { };
 
   pyaxmlparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyaxmlparser { };