diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sanic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sanic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6aae4c11fdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sanic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, httptools
+, aiofiles
+, websockets
+, multidict
+, uvloop
+, ujson
+, pytest
+, gunicorn
+, pytestcov
+, aiohttp
+, beautifulsoup4
+, pytest-sanic
+, pytest-sugar
+, pytest-benchmark
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sanic";
+  version = "19.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ce434eb154872ca64493a6c3a288f11fd10bca0de7be7bf9f1d0d063185e51ec";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    httptools
+    aiofiles
+    websockets
+    multidict
+    uvloop
+    ujson
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    gunicorn
+    pytestcov
+    aiohttp
+    beautifulsoup4
+    pytest-sanic
+    pytest-sugar
+    pytest-benchmark
+  ];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "websockets>=6.0,<7.0" "websockets"
+  '';
+
+  # 10/500 tests ignored due to missing directory and
+  # requiring network access
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest --ignore tests/test_blueprints.py \
+           --ignore tests/test_routes.py \
+           --ignore tests/test_worker.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A microframework based on uvloop, httptools, and learnings of flask";
+    homepage = http://github.com/channelcat/sanic/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a42f9486bec8..d92c522bc525 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4641,6 +4641,8 @@ in {
 
   sandboxlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sandboxlib { };
 
+  sanic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sanic { };
+
   scales = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scales { };
 
   secp256k1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/secp256k1 {