diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/assertpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/assertpy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5280808fb3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/assertpy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "assertpy";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0hnfh45cmqyp7zasrllwf8gbq3mazqlhhk0sq1iqlh6fig0yfq2f";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "assertpy"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple assertion library for unit testing with a fluent API";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/assertpy/assertpy";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f319bc8a7815..886ffb42daef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ in {
 
   aspy-yaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aspy.yaml { };
 
+  assertpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/assertpy { };
+
   asteval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asteval { };
 
   astor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astor { };