diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiocache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiocache/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54979dbd7ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiocache/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, aioredis
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, msgpack
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aiocache";
+  version = "0.11.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aio-libs";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1czs8pvhzi92qy2dch2995rb62mxpbhd80dh2ir7zpa9qcm6wxvx";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    aioredis
+    msgpack
+  ];
+
+  # aiomcache would be required but last release was in 2017
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "aiocache" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python API Rate Limit Decorator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tomasbasham/ratelimit";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 88b66b1420e9..033545daf338 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ in {
 
   aioasuswrt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioasuswrt { };
 
+  aiocache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiocache { };
+
   aiocoap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiocoap { };
 
   aioconsole = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioconsole { };