diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pidfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pidfile/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ba39341516e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-pidfile/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, psutil
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-pidfile";
+  version = "3.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-HhCX30G8dfV0WZ/++J6LIO/xvfyRkdPtJkzC2ulUKdA=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    psutil
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pidfile" ];
+
+  # no tests on the github mirror of the source code
+  # see this: https://github.com/mosquito/python-pidfile/issues/7
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python context manager for managing pid files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mosquito/python-pidfile";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ legendofmiracles ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6aa399b467ac..871617752b90 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7063,6 +7063,8 @@ in {
 
   python-picnic-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-picnic-api { };
 
+  python-pidfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-pidfile { };
+
   python-pipedrive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-pipedrive { };
 
   python-pkcs11 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-pkcs11 { };