diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/caio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/caio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28ba5a2f4d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/caio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, aiomisc
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "caio";
+  version = "0.9.8";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mosquito";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-hUG5EaraoKj3D3K+Qm2Nm1AFe19qwRy/FnEb1SXWKDM=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    aiomisc
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "caio"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "File operations with asyncio support";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mosquito/caio";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c569daddacbd..79538788d8fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1601,6 +1601,8 @@ in {
     inherit (self) python numpy boost;
   });
 
+  caio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/caio { };
+
   cairo-lang = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cairo-lang { };
 
   cairocffi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cairocffi { };