diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpserver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpserver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e4ae14acd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpserver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, docopt, pythonOlder }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "httpserver";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  buildInputs = [ docopt ];
+
+  # Tests pull in lots of other dependencies to emulate different web
+  # drivers.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # Because it uses asyncio
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1q62g324dvb0hqdwwrnj41sqr4d3ly78v9nc26rz1whj4pwdmhsv";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Asyncio implementation of an HTTP server";
+    homepage = https://github.com/thomwiggers/httpserver;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 50907f509f03..d60d27070707 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2945,6 +2945,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  httpserver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpserver {};
+
   bleach = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "bleach";
     version = "2.0.0";