diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/filelock/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/filelock/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1f07a99ad55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/filelock/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "filelock";
+  version = "2.0.13";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1n67dw7np5gsy5whynyk8c46pjlr353d6j9735p5gryaszkpjl6h";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/benediktschmitt/py-filelock;
+    description = "A platform independent file lock for Python";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hyphon81 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 043a5141a6cc..a45d8b271773 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8268,6 +8268,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  filelock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/filelock {};
+
   fiona = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fiona { gdal = pkgs.gdal; };
 
   flake8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flake8 { };