diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ptrace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ptrace/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad0a17da2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ptrace/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-ptrace";
+  version = "0.9.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "019jlpya2d2b3vbg037hnj4z0f564r7ibygayda7bm7qbpw0sa4g";
+  };
+
+  # requires distorm, which is optionally
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python binding of ptrace library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/vstinner/python-ptrace;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ebe122636c..78db1f67b80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14403,6 +14403,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  python-ptrace = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ptrace { };
+
   python-wifi = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-wifi-${version}";
     version = "0.6.0";