diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgi-lifespan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgi-lifespan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05e21d84585f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgi-lifespan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, sniffio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asgi-lifespan";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "florimondmanca";
+    repo = "asgi-lifespan";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Jgmd/4c1lxHM/qi3MJNN1aSSUJrI7CRNwwHrFwwcCkc=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/--cov/d" setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    sniffio
+  ];
+
+  # Circular dependencies, starlette
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "asgi_lifespan"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Programmatic startup/shutdown of ASGI apps";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/florimondmanca/asgi-lifespan";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/florimondmanca/asgi-lifespan/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a4810fd36006..646526c40549 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   asgi-csrf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asgi-csrf { };
 
+  asgi-lifespan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asgi-lifespan { };
+
   asgi-logger = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asgi-logger { };
 
   asgineer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asgineer { };