diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gast/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gast/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..036bed9dd792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gast/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, astunparse }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gast";
+  version =  "0.2.0";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0c296xm1vz9x4w4inmdl0k8mnc0i9arw94si2i7pglpc461r0s3h";
+  };
+  checkInputs = [ astunparse ] ;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GAST provides a compatibility layer between the AST of various Python versions, as produced by ast.parse from the standard ast module.";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jyp ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7a0248a05b3b..fc0ebcdc2e6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18173,6 +18173,8 @@ EOF
 
   astunparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astunparse { };
 
+  gast = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gast { };
+
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)