diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bd3ef19f7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asgiref/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, six }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "asgiref-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/a/asgiref/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0gayxnysknwg8hxb5kvmi2mmd5dnrhgza23daf8j25w3nj2drars";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Reference ASGI adapters and channel layers";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage = https://github.com/django/asgiref;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b86d1c38716c..8cd3f0487574 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -808,6 +808,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  asgiref = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asgiref { };
+
   asgi_ipc = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "asgi_ipc-${version}";
     version = "1.2.0";