diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stopit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stopit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d504da674c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stopit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "stopit";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+
+  # tests are missing from the PyPi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "glenfant";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-uXJUA70JOGWT2NmS6S7fPrTWAJZ0mZ/hICahIUzjfbw=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "stopit" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Raise asynchronous exceptions in other thread, control the timeout of blocks or callables with a context manager or a decorator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/glenfant/stopit";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 47f5f8154195..adb3b9e89082 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8239,6 +8239,8 @@ in {
 
   stone = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stone { };
 
+  stopit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stopit { };
+
   strategies = callPackage ../development/python-modules/strategies { };
 
   stravalib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stravalib { };