diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/curio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65d225dc377d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, pytest
+, sphinx
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "curio";
+  version = "0.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "51d1a7b49b4f8dd1486ac785c72d522962e93ccfdcfc1f818f5c7553a307b5ef";
+  };
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest sphinx ];
+
+  # test_aside_basic times out,
+  # test_aside_cancel fails because modifies PYTHONPATH and cant find pytest
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest --deselect tests/test_task.py::test_aside_basic --deselect tests/test_task.py::test_aside_cancel
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dabeaz/curio";
+    description = "Library for performing concurrent I/O with coroutines in Python 3";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index def44703e4ba..ebb423c47324 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ in {
 
   cozy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cozy { };
 
+  curio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/curio { };
+
   dendropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dendropy { };
 
   dependency-injector = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dependency-injector { };