diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/krakenex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/krakenex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf907eb847de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/krakenex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "krakenex";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "veox";
+    repo = "python3-krakenex";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0j8qmpk6lm57h80i5njhgvm1qnxllm18dlqxfd4kyxdb93si4z2p";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  # no tests implemented
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "krakenex" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Kraken.com cryptocurrency exchange API";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/veox/python3-krakenex";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8a12c1556ab1..33801cbfe0ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3882,6 +3882,8 @@ in {
 
   korean-lunar-calendar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/korean-lunar-calendar { };
 
+  krakenex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/krakenex { };
+
   kubernetes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kubernetes { };
 
   labelbox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/labelbox { };