diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a71ffd853675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncpg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib, isPy3k, fetchPypi, fetchpatch, buildPythonPackage
+, uvloop, postgresql }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asyncpg";
+  version = "0.18.3";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0rrch478ww6ipmh3617sb2jzwsq4w7pjcck869p35zb0mk5fr9aq";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/commit/aaeb7076e5acb045880b46155014c0640624797e.patch";
+      sha256 = "0r6g6pvb39vzci8g67mv9rlrvavqvfz6vlv8988wv53bpz1mss3p";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    uvloop
+    postgresql
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg;
+    description = "An asyncio PosgtreSQL driver";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Asyncpg is a database interface library designed specifically for
+      PostgreSQL and Python/asyncio. asyncpg is an efficient, clean
+      implementation of PostgreSQL server binary protocol for use with Python’s
+      asyncio framework.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eadwu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e88cf341da7..f5c0fe05ccf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1342,6 +1342,8 @@ in {
 
   astor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astor {};
 
+  asyncpg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncpg { };
+
   asyncssh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncssh { };
 
   python-fontconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-fontconfig { };