diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/busypie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/busypie/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9539d3f4371e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/busypie/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytest-asyncio
+, pytest-timeout
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, wheel
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "busypie";
+  version = "0.5.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rockem";
+    repo = "busypie";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-dw0Sc/a27/EYY7LVMQqDkYuxrUFYK+N6XLk6A7A/eS8=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "pytest-runner" ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-timeout
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "busypie"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Expressive busy wait for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rockem/busypie";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rockem/busypie/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7351988a0fcb..386396d3d0dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1697,6 +1697,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   bundlewrap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bundlewrap { };
 
+  busypie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/busypie { };
+
   bx-py-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bx-py-utils { };
 
   bx-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bx-python { };