diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio-rlock/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio-rlock/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ad616180cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asyncio-rlock/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "asyncio-rlock";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "asyncio_rlock";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "7e29824331619873e10d5d99dcc46d7b8f196c4a11b203f4eeccc0c091039d43";
+  };
+
+  # no tests on PyPI, no tags on GitLab
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "asyncio_rlock" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Rlock like in threading module but for asyncio";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/heckad/asyncio_rlock";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ccbe38140a0e..f38132cac2ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ in {
 
   asyncio-nats-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio-nats-client { };
 
+  asyncio-rlock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio-rlock { };
+
   asyncmy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncmy { };
 
   asyncio-throttle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asyncio-throttle { };