diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/timecop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timecop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..272657dfaafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timecop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "timecop";
+  version = "0.5.0dev";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0zbi58sw2yp1qchzfhyi7bsrwxajiypphg65fir98kvj03g011wd";
+  };
+
+  # test_epoch fails, see https://github.com/bluekelp/pytimecop/issues/4
+  preCheck = ''
+    sed -i 's/test_epoch/_test_epoch/' timecop/tests/test_freeze.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A port of the most excellent TimeCop Ruby Gem for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bluekelp/pytimecop";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zakame ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 10f2bbca0928..aca66777eea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9104,6 +9104,8 @@ in {
 
   timeago = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timeago { };
 
+  timecop = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timecop { };
+
   timelib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timelib { };
 
   time-machine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/time-machine { };