diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8dfa0038cdde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, CoreFoundation, CoreServices }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "MacFSEvents";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1324b66b356051de662ba87d84f73ada062acd42b047ed1246e60a449f833e10";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ CoreFoundation CoreServices ];
+
+  # Some tests fail under nix build directory
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/malthe/macfsevents;
+    description = "Thread-based interface to file system observation primitives";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
+    platforms = platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 592ff04178a2..da40c6169d2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3136,6 +3136,10 @@ in {
 
   Mako = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Mako { };
 
+  macfsevents = callPackage ../development/python-modules/macfsevents {
+    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation CoreServices;
+  };
+
   manifestparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marionette-harness/manifestparser.nix {};
   marionette_driver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marionette-harness/marionette_driver.nix {};
   mozcrash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marionette-harness/mozcrash.nix {};