diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-relaxed/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-relaxed/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd92577d5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-relaxed/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, six
+, decorator
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.1.4";
+  pname = "pytest-relaxed";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "511ac473252baa67d5451f7864516e2e8f1acedf0cef71f79d2ed916ee04e146";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytest six decorator ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i "s/pytest>=3,<3.3/pytest/g" setup.py
+  '';
+
+  # skip tests due to dir requirements
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pytest-relaxed.readthedocs.io/;
+    description = "Relaxed test discovery/organization for pytest";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 62b77b187bc..c21b6321efa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1937,6 +1937,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-rerunfailures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-rerunfailures { };
 
+  pytest-relaxed = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-relaxed { };
+
   pytest-flake8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-flake8 { };
 
   pytestflakes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-flakes { };