diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sentinels/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sentinels/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17c2c94a30ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sentinels/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sentinels";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1cglkxph47pki4db4kjx5g4ikxp2milqdlcjgqwmx4p1gx6p1q3v";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sentinels" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vmalloc/sentinels/";
+    description = "Various objects to denote special meanings in python";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gador ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7bfe838ab082..08479a0cdd99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8819,6 +8819,8 @@ in {
 
   sentinel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sentinel { };
 
+  sentinels = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sentinels { };
+
   sentry-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sentry-sdk { };
 
   sepaxml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sepaxml { };