diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychannels/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychannels/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c5e290334da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pychannels/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pychannels";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fancybits";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0dqc0vhf6c5r3g7nfbpa668x6z2zxrznk6h907s6sxkq4sbqnhqf";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  # Project has not published tests yet
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pychannels" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library for interacting with the Channels app";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fancybits/pychannels";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bdff2fce1522..acc7dfadb92a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5311,6 +5311,8 @@ in {
 
   pycfdns = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycfdns { };
 
+  pychannels = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pychannels { };
+
   pychart = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pychart { };
 
   pychef = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pychef { };