diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/daemonocle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/daemonocle/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac470b83f7b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/daemonocle/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, click
+, psutil
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "daemonocle";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jnrbsn";
+    repo = "daemonocle";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kDCbosXTIffuCzHcReXhiW4YPbxDW3OPnTbMC/EGJrM=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click psutil ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  # One third of the tests fail on the sandbox with
+  # "psutil.NoSuchProcess: no process found with pid 0".
+  doCheck = false;
+  disabledTests = [ "sudo" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "daemonocle" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python library for creating super fancy Unix daemons";
+    longDescription = ''
+      daemonocle is a library for creating your own Unix-style daemons
+      written in Python.  It solves many problems that other daemon
+      libraries have and provides some really useful features you don't
+      often see in other daemons.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jnrbsn/daemonocle";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.AluisioASG ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 500ed5a252c4..594209b344d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1452,6 +1452,8 @@ in {
 
   daemonize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daemonize { };
 
+  daemonocle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daemonocle { };
+
   daphne = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daphne { };
 
   darcsver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/darcsver { };