diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvloop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvloop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c3dae74a79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvloop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyopenssl
+, libuv
+, psutil
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "uvloop";
+  version = "0.12.2";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "c48692bf4587ce281d641087658eca275a5ad3b63c78297bbded96570ae9ce8f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libuv ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pyopenssl psutil ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fast implementation of asyncio event loop on top of libuv";
+    homepage = http://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2849f3b3114b..cb4a7b35ce4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -913,6 +913,8 @@ in {
 
   unifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unifi { };
 
+  uvloop = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uvloop { };
+
   pyunifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyunifi { };
 
   vidstab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vidstab { };