diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tzlocal/2.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tzlocal/2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba96c63af850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tzlocal/2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, pytz
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tzlocal";
+  version = "2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "643c97c5294aedc737780a49d9df30889321cbe1204eac2c2ec6134035a92e44";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytz
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tzlocal" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Tzinfo object for the local timezone";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal";
+    license = licenses.cddl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index cce882a1c5b9..a8b5508dadd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -644,6 +644,8 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   typing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typing { };
 
+  tzlocal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tzlocal/2.nix { };
+
   ujson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ujson/2.nix { };
 
   umemcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/umemcache { };