diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/towncrier/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/towncrier/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7573e669a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/towncrier/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27
+, click
+, click-default-group
+, incremental
+, jinja2
+, pytestCheckHook
+, toml
+, twisted
+, git # shells out to git
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "towncrier";
+  version = "19.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "15l1gb0hhi9pf3mhhb9vpc93w6w3hrih2ljmzbkgfb3dwqd1l9a8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+    click-default-group
+    incremental
+    jinja2
+    toml
+  ];
+
+  # zope.interface collision
+  doCheck = !isPy27;
+  checkInputs = [ git twisted pytestCheckHook ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "towncrier" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Utility to produce useful, summarised news files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [  ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9e658bad03c1..b17ab8c7bd2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1559,6 +1559,10 @@ in {
   tokenizers = disabledIf (!isPy3k)
     (toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/tokenizers { }));
 
+  towncrier = callPackage ../development/python-modules/towncrier {
+    inherit (pkgs) git;
+  };
+
   transformers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transformers { };
 
   transforms3d = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transforms3d { };