diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/takethetime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/takethetime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6f5dd93b29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/takethetime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "takethetime";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  # pypi distribution doesn't include tests, so build from source instead
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ErikBjare";
+    repo = "TakeTheTime";
+    rev = "b0042ac5b1cc9d3b70ef59167b094469ceb660dd";
+    sha256 = "sha256-DwsMnP6G3BzOnINttaSC6QKkIKK5qyhUz+lN1DSvkw0=";
+  };
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests/tests.py" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "takethetime" ];
+
+  # Latest release is v0.3.1 on pypi, but this version was not bumped in
+  # the setup.py, causing packages that depend on v0.3.1 to fail to build.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "version='0.3'" "version='0.3.1'"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple time taking library using context managers";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ErikBjare/TakeTheTime";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ huantian ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1510a4a0efaf..0af5df74e9f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11548,6 +11548,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   tailscale = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tailscale { };
 
+  takethetime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/takethetime { };
+
   tank-utility = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tank-utility { };
 
   tappy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tappy { };