diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/async_generator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/async_generator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f46376b62d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/async_generator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, pytest, pytest-asyncio }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "async_generator";
+  version = "1.9";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b7d5465c6174fe86dba498ececb175f93a6097ffb7cc91946405e1f05b848371";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytest-asyncio ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest -W error -ra -v --pyargs async_generator
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Async generators and context managers for Python 3.5+";
+    homepage = https://github.com/python-trio/async_generator;
+    license = with licenses; [ mit asl20 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bd24d8a185d..235a3129032 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ in {
 
   async-timeout = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async_timeout { };
 
+  async_generator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/async_generator { };
+
   asn1ate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asn1ate { };
 
   atomiclong = callPackage ../development/python-modules/atomiclong { };