diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-tornado/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-tornado/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..596bae68ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-tornado/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pytest
+, tornado
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-tornado";
+  version = "0.4.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0b1r5im7qmbpmxhfvq13a6rp78sjjrrpysfnjkd9hggavgc75dr8";
+  };
+
+  # package has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytest tornado ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A py.test plugin providing fixtures and markers to simplify testing of asynchronous tornado applications.";
+    homepage =  https://github.com/eugeniy/pytest-tornado;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ixxie ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aa1bfb40014..4b37ce0df72 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ in {
     slurm = pkgs.slurm;
   };
 
+  pytest-tornado = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-tornado { };
+  
   python-sql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-sql { };
 
   python-stdnum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-stdnum { };