diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whitenoise/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whitenoise/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2359b2195f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whitenoise/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "whitenoise";
+  version = "4.0b4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ra2bbsihwfhnf1ibahzzabgfjfghxqcrbfx6r5r50mlil5n8bf4";
+  };
+
+  # No tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Radically simplified static file serving for WSGI applications";
+    homepage = http://whitenoise.evans.io/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a9f4a77117b..4524663e609 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -22479,6 +22479,8 @@ EOF
 
   vine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vine { };
 
+  whitenoise = callPackage ../development/python-modules/whitenoise { };
+
   wp_export_parser = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
     pname = "wp_export_parser";