diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..868054251bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kafka-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, tox }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.5";
+  pname = "kafka-python";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "19m9fdckxqngrgh0www7g8rgi7z0kq13wkhcqy1r8aa4sxad0f5j";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ tox ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python client for Apache Kafka";
+    homepage = https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 448c3375b3e0..0712a56409bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2850,6 +2850,8 @@ in {
 
   confluent-kafka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/confluent-kafka {};
 
+  kafka-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kafka-python {};
+
   construct = callPackage ../development/python-modules/construct {};
 
   consul = buildPythonPackage (rec {