diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-crontab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-crontab/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5e368de0372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-crontab/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python-dateutil, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-crontab";
+  version = "2.5.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4bbe7e720753a132ca4ca9d4094915f40e9d9dc8a807a4564007651018ce8c31";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  disabledTests = [ "test_07_non_posix_shell"];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python-dateutil ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python API for crontab";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Crontab module for reading and writing crontab files
+      and accessing the system cron automatically and simply using a direct API.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/python-crontab/";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kfollesdal ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f2dcb3e7971b..a96a31b5a699 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5788,6 +5788,8 @@ in {
 
   python-constraint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-constraint { };
 
+  python-crontab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-crontab { };
+
   python-ctags3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ctags3 { };
 
   python-daemon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-daemon { };