diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/connection-pool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/connection-pool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26e958f095ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/connection-pool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "connection-pool";
+  version = "0.0.3";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "connection_pool";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "bf429e7aef65921c69b4ed48f3d48d3eac1383b05d2df91884705842d974d0dc";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false; # no tests
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "connection_pool" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Thread-safe connection pool";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/zhouyl/ConnectionPool";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 29913ff47bc0..47f5f8154195 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1337,6 +1337,8 @@ in {
 
   connect-box = callPackage ../development/python-modules/connect_box { };
 
+  connection-pool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/connection-pool { };
+
   coqpit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coqpit { };
 
   cerberus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cerberus { };