diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c67841c03463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, anyio
+, async_generator
+, h11
+, curio
+, overly
+, pytestCheckHook
+, trio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asks";
+  version = "3.0.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "theelous3";
+    repo = "asks";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ipQ5n2386DqR3kNpmTVhNPG+LC7gfCbvrlZ97+UP55g=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    anyio
+    async_generator
+    h11
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    curio
+    overly
+    pytestCheckHook
+    trio
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "asks" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Async requests-like HTTP library for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/theelous3/asks";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index da7ed887605c..a7250c4f89c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ in {
 
   asgiref = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asgiref { };
 
+  asks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asks { };
+
   asmog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asmog { };
 
   asn1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asn1 { };