diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/circuitbreaker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/circuitbreaker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cf2d37c5973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/circuitbreaker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "circuitbreaker";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fabfuel";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-3hFa8dwCso5tj26ek2jMdVBRzu5H3vkdjQlDYw2hSH0=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "circuitbreaker"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python Circuit Breaker implementation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fabfuel/circuitbreaker";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 03afe1e7fe67..c81b9e8a2df3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1533,6 +1533,8 @@ in {
 
   ci-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ci-py { };
 
+  circuitbreaker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/circuitbreaker { };
+
   cirq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cirq { };
 
   cirq-aqt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cirq-aqt { };