diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymemoize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymemoize/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4efafeaaca42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymemoize/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, django
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pymemoize";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "PyMemoize";
+    sha256 = "0yqr60hm700zph6nv8wb6yp2s0i08mahxvw98bvkmw5ijbsviiq7";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ django ];
+
+  # django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested settings, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple Python cache and memoizing module";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mikeboers/PyMemoize";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmai ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 18348b74edc4..ac79c0a97a3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4488,6 +4488,8 @@ in {
 
   pykickstart = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykickstart { };
 
+  pymemoize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymemoize { };
+
   pyobjc = if stdenv.isDarwin
     then callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyobjc {}
     else throw "pyobjc can only be built on Mac OS";