diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asciitree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asciitree/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74b78d4a1664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asciitree/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asciitree";
+  version = "0.3.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mbr";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "071wlpyi8pa262sj9xdy0zbj163z84dasxad363z3sfndqxw78h1";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Draws ASCII trees";
+    homepage = https://github.com/mbr/asciitree;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2ed5c7753f08..cf4f5dd06435 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ in {
 
   asciimatics = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asciimatics { };
 
+  asciitree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asciitree { };
+
   ase = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ase { };
 
   asn1crypto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asn1crypto { };