diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thespian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thespian/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a6ff3cc53d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thespian/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, lib }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "3.8.3";
+  pname = "thespian";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "0vvwsh3waxd5ldrayr86kdcshv07bp361fl7p16g9i044vklwly4";
+  };
+
+  # Do not run the test suite: it takes a long type and uses
+  # significant system resources, including requiring localhost
+  # network operations.  Thespian tests are performed via it's Travis
+  # CI configuration and do not need to be duplicated here.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python Actor concurrency library";
+    homepage = http://thespianpy.com/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.kquick ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ad1d50324f60..97af4f8b48ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18143,6 +18143,8 @@ in {
     cudnnSupport = false;
   };
 
+  thespian = callPackage ../development/python-modules/thespian { };
+
   tidylib = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.2.4";
     name = "pytidylib-${version}";