diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e771f2d46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentracing/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, futures
+, gevent
+, mock
+, pytest
+, tornado }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "opentracing";
+  version = "2.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "cfd231ba5c58f90bc277787e62861eb0c6e4af76e42957bec240bbdf71fb7e0e";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional isPy27 futures;
+
+  checkInputs = [ gevent mock pytest tornado ];
+  
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-python;
+    description = "Platform API for OpenTracing";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rakesh4g ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 43f5d33a787..627b2396255 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1982,6 +1982,8 @@ in {
     pythonPackages = self;
   });
 
+  opentracing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentracing { };
+
   openidc-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openidc-client {};
 
   optuna = callPackage ../development/python-modules/optuna { };