diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiorun/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiorun/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e38bb76873a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiorun/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy27
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, uvloop
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aiorun";
+  version = "2019.11.1";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cjrh";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "04p3sci6af6qqfkcqamsqhmqqrigcwvl4bmx8yv5ppvkyq39pxi7";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytestcov
+    uvloop
+  ];
+
+  # allow for writable directory for darwin
+  preBuild = ''
+    export HOME=$TMPDIR
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+     pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Boilerplate for asyncio applications";
+    homepage = https://github.com/cjrh/aiorun;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 032fe94d7739..84490c93fdf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ in {
 
   aioredis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioredis { };
 
+  aiorun = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiorun { };
+
   ansicolor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansicolor { };
 
   ansiwrap =  callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansiwrap { };