diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/urwid-mitmproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/urwid-mitmproxy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60dd32fc6fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/urwid-mitmproxy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, glibcLocales
+, pythonOlder
+, unittestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "urwid-mitmproxy";
+  version = "2.1.2.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mitmproxy";
+    repo = "urwid-mitmproxy";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-93AauYWbrG/2smAhbNKGE0twGJZ2u9gBetlXGCpciH8=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "urwid"
+  ];
+
+  # Tests which assert on strings don't decode results correctly, see urwid
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Urwid fork used by mitmproxy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mitmproxy/urwid-mitmproxy";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2dc8e5159f28..6be23538c7aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13312,6 +13312,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   urwidtrees = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urwidtrees { };
 
+  urwid-mitmproxy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urwid-mitmproxy { };
+
   urwid-readline = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urwid-readline { };
 
   usb-devices = callPackage ../development/python-modules/usb-devices { };