diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c2413ff5943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python3-eventlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, zope_interface, twisted, greenlet }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python3-eventlib";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "AGProjects";
+    repo = "python3-eventlib";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-LFW3rCGa7A8tk6SjgYgjkLQ+72GE2WN8wG+XkXYTAoQ=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_interface twisted greenlet ];
+
+  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "eventlib" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A networking library written in Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/AGProjects/python3-eventlib";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chanley ];
+    longDescription = ''
+      Eventlib is a networking library written in Python. It achieves high
+      scalability by using non-blocking I/O while at the same time retaining
+      high programmer usability by using coroutines to make the non-blocking io
+      operations appear blocking at the source code level.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 934e2d87f780..58709999b7dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7150,6 +7150,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-xvfb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-xvfb { };
 
+  python3-eventlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python3-eventlib { };
+
   python3-openid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python3-openid { };
 
   python-awair = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-awair { };