diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmenu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7ec8161ef5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmenu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchPypi, dmenu }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dmenu-python";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "dmenu";
+    sha256 = "06v2fq0ciallbib7sbk4kncj0n3gdqp1kz8n5k2669x49wyh34wm";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dmenu ];
+
+  # No tests existing
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python wrapper for dmenu";
+    homepage = http://dmenu.readthedocs.io;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c3e2e99c9432..ba4caee70148 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3922,6 +3922,8 @@ in {
 
   discogs_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/discogs_client { };
 
+  dmenu-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dmenu { };
+
   dnspython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnspython { };
   dns = self.dnspython; # Alias for compatibility, 2017-12-10