diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/selectors2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/selectors2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..030178fef830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/selectors2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, nose, psutil, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "2.0.1";
+  pname = "selectors2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "81b77c4c6f607248b1d6bbdb5935403fef294b224b842a830bbfabb400c81884";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose psutil mock ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/46186#issuecomment-419450064
+    # Trick to disable certain tests that depend on timing which
+    # will always fail on hydra
+    export TRAVIS=""
+    nosetests tests/test_selectors2.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.github.com/SethMichaelLarson/selectors2;
+    description = "Back-ported, durable, and portable selectors";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 137463b74db6..3ba3cfa6f2f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ in {
 
   seekpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/seekpath { };
 
+  selectors2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/selectors2 { };
+
   serversyncstorage = callPackage ../development/python-modules/serversyncstorage {};
 
   simpleeval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simpleeval { };