diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanomsg-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanomsg-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40b7f8ffac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nanomsg-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, nanomsg }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nanomsg-python";
+  version = "1.0.20190114";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tonysimpson";
+    repo = "nanomsg-python";
+    rev = "3acd9160f90f91034d4a43ce603aaa19fbaf1f2e";
+    sha256 = "1qgybcpmm9xxrn39alcgdcpvwphgm1glkbnwx0ljpz4nd1jsnyrl";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nanomsg ];
+
+  # Tests requires network connections
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Bindings for nanomsg.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/tonysimpson/nanomsg-python;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bgamari ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index aaad231a19e..aab6fe0751b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ in {
 
   mwoauth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mwoauth { };
 
+  nanomsg-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nanomsg-python { inherit (pkgs) nanomsg; };
+
   nbval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbval { };
 
   nest-asyncio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nest-asyncio { };