diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynisher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynisher/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f389bee2158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynisher/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, psutil, docutils }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pynisher";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0sqa3zzqcr4vl5yhnafw1y187z62m4alajggc7dm2riw2ihd9kxl";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ psutil docutils ];
+
+  # no tests in the Pypi archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The pynisher is a little module intended to limit a functions resources.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sfalkner/pynisher;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ psyanticy ];
+  };
+
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5aea6571d2b..04ffcd0f5ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.llvmPackages) openmp;
   };
 
+  pynisher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynisher { };
+
   pyparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyparser { };
 
   pyqt4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyqt/4.x.nix {