diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing-extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing-extensions/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de06ddbe2ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typing-extensions/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, isPy3k, python, typing }:
+let
+  testDir = if isPy3k then "src_py3" else "src_py2";
+
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "typing_extensions";
+  version = "3.6.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "09xxykw8mk30r0g33r2gy5qlqw3sqj5vkp6h7nh0flp59hxqw2hw";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.5") typing;
+
+  # Error for Python3.6: ImportError: cannot import name 'ann_module'
+  # See https://github.com/python/typing/pull/280
+  doCheck = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    cd ${testDir}
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.5+";
+    homepage = https://github.com/python/typing;
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pmiddend ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 032cda8aa911..ea308ca15901 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12435,6 +12435,8 @@ in {
 
   typing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typing { };
 
+  typing-extensions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typing-extensions { };
+
   typeguard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typeguard { };
 
   ruamel_yaml = buildPythonPackage rec {