diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycotap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycotap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df7591459e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycotap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycotap";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-+Tjs1JMczRnZWY+2M9Xqu3k48IuEcXMV5SUmqmJ3yew=";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Test runner for unittest that outputs TAP results to stdout";
+    homepage = "https://el-tramo.be/pycotap";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mwolfe ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9a57da598363..c7fd2eb89751 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7565,6 +7565,8 @@ in {
 
   pycosat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycosat { };
 
+  pycotap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycotap { };
+
   pycountry = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycountry { };
 
   pycparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycparser { };