diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels-redis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels-redis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8812e4097ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/channels-redis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
+, redis, channels, msgpack, aioredis, hiredis, asgiref
+# , fetchFromGitHub, async_generator, async-timeout, cryptography, pytest, pytest-asyncio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "channels-redis";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "channels_redis";
+    sha256 = "1g4izdf8237pwxn85bv5igc2bajrvck1p2a7q448qmjfznrbrk5p";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ redis hiredis ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ channels msgpack aioredis asgiref ];
+
+  # Fetch from github (no tests files on pypi)
+  # src = fetchFromGitHub {
+  #   rev = version;
+  #   owner = "django";
+  #   repo = "channels_redis";
+  #   sha256 = "05niaqjv790mnrvca26kbnvb50fgnk2zh0k4np60cn6ilp4nl0kc";
+  # };
+  #
+  # checkInputs = [
+  #   async_generator
+  #   async-timeout
+  #   cryptography
+  #   pytest
+  #   pytest-asyncio
+  # ];
+  # 
+  # # Fails with : ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('127.0.0.1', 6379)
+  # # (even with a local redis instance running)
+  # checkPhase = ''
+  #   pytest -p no:django tests/
+  # '';
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "s/msgpack~=0.6.0/msgpack/" setup.py
+    sed -i "s/aioredis~=1.0/aioredis/" setup.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/django/channels_redis/;
+    description = "Redis-backed ASGI channel layer implementation";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2d6b3c537e22..36892d60d302 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ in {
 
   chalice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chalice { };
 
+  channels-redis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/channels-redis { };
+
   cleo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cleo { };
 
   clikit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clikit { };