diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/about-time/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/about-time/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3759957c9ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/about-time/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "about-time";
+  version = "4.2.1";
+
+  # PyPi release does not contain test files, but the repo has no release tags,
+  # so while having no tests is not ideal, follow the PyPi releases for now
+  # TODO: switch to fetchFromGitHub once this issue is fixed:
+  # https://github.com/rsalmei/about-time/issues/15
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-alOIYtM85n2ZdCnRSZgxDh2/2my32bv795nEcJhH/s4=";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "about_time"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A cool helper for tracking time and throughput of code blocks, with beautiful human friendly renditions";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rsalmei/about-time";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thiagokokada ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f6dc2117ac8..6a0e1934f6c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   aardwolf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aardwolf { };
 
+  about-time = callPackage ../development/python-modules/about-time { };
+
   absl-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/absl-py { };
 
   accessible-pygments = callPackage ../development/python-modules/accessible-pygments { };