diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..672cad5bfe17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/limits/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "limits";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0dfbrmqixsvhvzqgd4s8rfj933k1w5q4bm23pp9zyp70xlb0mfmd";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # ifilter
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Rate limiting utilities";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = https://limits.readthedocs.org/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3a51f1b1d8f1..58b11a9b33a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9841,6 +9841,8 @@ in {
   libxslt = disabledIf isPy3k
     (toPythonModule (pkgs.libxslt.override{pythonSupport=true; python2=python; inherit (self) libxml2;})).py;
 
+  limits = callPackage ../development/python-modules/limits { };
+
   limnoria = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "limnoria-${version}";
     version = "2016.05.06";