diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ratelimit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ratelimit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f706d043bf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ratelimit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ratelimit";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tomasbasham";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "04hy3hhh5xdqcsz0lx8j18zbj88kh5ik4wyi5d3a5sfy2hx70in2";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/--cov/d" pytest.ini
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ratelimit" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python API Rate Limit Decorator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tomasbasham/ratelimit";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8e9824fe9016..d8a7077232df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6739,6 +6739,8 @@ in {
 
   rasterio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rasterio { gdal = pkgs.gdal_2; }; # gdal 3.0 not supported yet
 
+  ratelimit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ratelimit { };
+
   ratelimiter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ratelimiter { };
 
   raven = callPackage ../development/python-modules/raven { };