diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/graphql-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/graphql-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21cc58e67fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/graphql-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+
+, coveralls
+, promise
+, pytest
+, pytest-benchmark
+, pytest-mock
+, rx
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "graphql-core";
+  version = "2.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "graphql-python";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "029jnwy6zbj4x7f3ffpn1gyx0w9ala9cj2g115g6aa7im3xd2jma";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    promise
+    rx
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    coveralls
+    pytest
+    pytest-benchmark
+    pytest-mock
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = "pytest";
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace 'pytest-mock==1.2' 'pytest-mock==1.13.0' \
+      --replace 'pytest-benchmark==3.0.0' 'pytest-benchmark==3.2.2'
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Port of graphql-js to Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/graphql-python/graphql-core";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      kamadorueda
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 989fabf8b717..c1797cb79a06 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3817,6 +3817,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig;
   };
 
+  graphql-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/graphql-core { };
+
   grammalecte = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grammalecte { };
 
   greenlet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/greenlet { };