diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bjoern/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bjoern/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22243edea9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bjoern/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, libev, python }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bjoern";
+  version = "2.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1w5z9agacci4shmkg9gh46ifj2a724rrgbykdv14830f7jq3dcmi";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libev ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} tests/keep-alive-behaviour.py 2>/dev/null
+    ${python.interpreter} tests/test_wsgi_compliance.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/jonashaag/bjoern;
+    description = "A screamingly fast Python 2/3 WSGI server written in C";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmcdragonkai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 611e97e69780..03e2dffe7274 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16935,6 +16935,8 @@ EOF
 
   black = callPackage ../development/python-modules/black { };
 
+  bjoern = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bjoern { };
+
   autobahn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/autobahn { };
 
   jsonref = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonref { };