diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiofiles/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiofiles/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1c6e279064e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiofiles/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy33
+, pythonOlder
+, asyncio
+, singledispatch
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aiofiles";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "6c4936cea65175277183553dbc27d08b286a24ae5bd86f44fbe485dfcf77a14a";
+  };
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.3";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals isPy33 [ asyncio singledispatch ];
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "File support for asyncio";
+    homepage = https://github.com/Tinche/aiofiles;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainer = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1c7ef8818045..0a1d8932972f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -600,6 +600,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  aiofiles = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiofiles { };
+
   aiohttp = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "aiohttp-${version}";
     version = "1.1.6";