diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiocontextvars/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiocontextvars/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38fdf14164eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiocontextvars/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestrunner
+, pytest
+, pytest-asyncio
+, contextvars
+, sqlalchemy
+, isPy27
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aiocontextvars";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fantix";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0a2gmrm9csiknc8n3si67sgzffkydplh9d7ga1k87ygk2aj22mmk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pytestrunner
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytest-asyncio
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sqlalchemy
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.7") [ contextvars ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Asyncio support for PEP-567 contextvars backport";
+    homepage = https://github.com/fantix/aiocontextvars;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 273695af1363..8c69ce56044a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4350,6 +4350,8 @@ in {
 
   fasteners = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fasteners { };
 
+  aiocontextvars = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiocontextvars { };
+
   aioeventlet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioeventlet { };
 
   aiokafka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiokafka { };