diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f9247bdef6c4..ec739f75cac7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5411,6 +5411,26 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  zict = buildPythonPackage rec {
+
+    name = "zict-${version}";
+    version = "0.0.3";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/z/zict/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1xsrlzrih0qmxvxqhk2c5vhzxirf509fppzdfyardl50jpsllni6";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ heapdict ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Mutable mapping tools.";
+      homepage = https://github.com/dask/zict;
+      license = licenses.bsd3;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ teh ];
+    };
+  };
+
   distributed = buildPythonPackage rec {
 
     name = "distributed-${version}";