diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_os/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_os/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d0ddc2cad9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_os/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools_scm
+, future
+, isPy3k
+, python
+, hypothesis
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  pname = "backports.os";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b472c4933094306ca08ec90b2a8cbb50c34f1fb2767775169a1c1650b7b74630";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+  checkInputs = [ hypothesis ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pjdelport/backports.os;
+    description = "Backport of new features in Python's os module";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6f7445c6d8bb..32b9daa45e54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -995,6 +995,8 @@ in {
 
   backports_functools_lru_cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_functools_lru_cache { };
 
+  backports_os = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_os { };
+
   backports_shutil_get_terminal_size = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_shutil_get_terminal_size { };
 
   backports_ssl_match_hostname = if !(pythonOlder "3.5") then null else