diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beartype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beartype/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d77a4db3e331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beartype/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "beartype";
+  version = "0.9.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "YjYw3CQ7DaWoTw+kFOaqryYT5WetGav+aoHBfqWrYvE=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "beartype"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fast runtime type checking for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/beartype/beartype";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c506c82337a9..b44d123bed28 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1166,6 +1166,8 @@ in {
 
   beanstalkc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beanstalkc { };
 
+  beartype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beartype { };
+
   beautifulsoup4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4 { };
 
   beautifultable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautifultable { };