diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pproxy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f97d7df1356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pproxy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, isPy27
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pycryptodome
+, uvloop
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pproxy";
+  version = "2.3.2";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  # doesn't use tagged releases. Tests not in PyPi versioned releases
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "qwj";
+    repo = "python-proxy";
+    rev = "818ab9cc10565789fe429a7be50ddefb9c583781";
+    sha256 = "0g3cyi5lzakhs5p3fpwywbl8jpapnr8890zw9w45dqg8k0svc1fi";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pycryptodome
+    uvloop
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pproxy" ];
+  disabledTests = [ "api_server" "api_client" ];  # try to connect to outside Internet, so disabled
+  # test suite doesn't use test runner. so need to run ``python ./tests/*``
+  checkPhase = ''
+    shopt -s extglob
+    for f in ./tests/!(${builtins.concatStringsSep "|" disabledTests}).py ; do
+      echo "***Testing $f***"
+      eval "python $f"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Proxy server that can tunnel among remote servers by regex rules";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/qwj/python-proxy";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ drewrisinger ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e78084edaa2..f23f961e241f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4914,6 +4914,8 @@ in {
 
   ppft = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ppft { };
 
+  pproxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pproxy { };
+
   praw = if isPy3k then callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw { }
     else callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw/6.3.nix { };