diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thttp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thttp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e42f2a0c23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thttp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "thttp";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sesh";
+    repo = "thttp";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-e15QMRMpTcWo8TfH3tk23ybSlXFb8F4B/eqAp9oyK8g=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "thttp"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A lightweight wrapper around urllib";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sesh/thttp";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sesh/thttp/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d2fceb9e64e6..017e5c16f15e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14641,6 +14641,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   throttler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/throttler { };
 
+  thttp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/thttp { };
+
   tkinter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tkinter {
     py = python.override { x11Support=true; };
   };