diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typeguard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typeguard/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c099aba5b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typeguard/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, stdenv
+, setuptools_scm
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "typeguard";
+  version = "2.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0l3pih5ca469v7if255h5rqymirsw46bi6s7p885jxhq1gv6cfpk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace " --cov" ""
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test .
+  '';
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "This library provides run-time type checking for functions defined with argument type annotations";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/agronholm/typeguard";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5bde08d5c12..e2a615e7a0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -23151,6 +23151,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  typeguard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typeguard { };
+
   ruamel_yaml = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "ruamel.yaml-${version}";
     version = "0.13.7";
@@ -23178,7 +23180,6 @@ in {
   runsnakerun = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "runsnakerun-2.0.4";
 
-
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://pypi/R/RunSnakeRun/RunSnakeRun-2.0.4.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "61d03a13f1dcb3c1829f5a146da1fe0cc0e27947558a51e848b6d469902815ef";