diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c66dc604077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/websockets/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "websockets";
+  version = "3.2";
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dah1faywsnrlqyzagb1qc1cxrq9145srkdy118yhy9s8dyq4dmm";
+  };
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";
+  doCheck = false; # protocol tests fail
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "WebSocket implementation in Python 3";
+    homepage = https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 87cd2970fabe..e1c0c1333edb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26208,6 +26208,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  websockets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/websockets { };
 
   wand = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "Wand-0.3.5";