diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e57b5c3b1567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpoolctl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy27
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flit
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, numpy
+, scipy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "threadpoolctl";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+  format = "flit";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "joblib";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "16z4n82f004i4l1jw6qrzazda1m6v2yjnpqlp71ipa8mzy9kw7dw";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestcov numpy scipy ];
+
+  checkPhase = "pytest tests -k 'not test_nested_prange_blas'";
+  # cython doesn't get run on the tests when added to nativeBuildInputs, breaking this test
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl";
+    description = "Helpers to limit number of threads used in native libraries";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7f9f28b45392..e1ea2c9d1e09 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6729,6 +6729,8 @@ in {
 
   threadpool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/threadpool { };
 
+  threadpoolctl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/threadpoolctl { };
+
   rocket-errbot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rocket-errbot {  };
 
   Yapsy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yapsy { };