diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytube/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytube/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f47e6af16c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytube/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, typing-extensions
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytube";
+  version = "10.6.1";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pytube";
+    repo = "pytube";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-b0tN4m3/+K243zQ7L4wW4crk9r69Tj64is6C4I5oFZU=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pytube" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python 3 library for downloading YouTube Videos";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nficano/pytube";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2875eca59b3a..6e4ad2a6a7da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6889,6 +6889,8 @@ in {
 
   pytricia = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytricia { };
 
+  pytube = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytube { };
+
   pytun = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytun { };
 
   pytz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytz { };