diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/twilio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twilio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..faca6edace5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/twilio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, pyjwt, pysocks, pytz, requests, six, nose, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "twilio";
+  version = "6.8.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  # tests not included in PyPi, so fetch from github instead
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "twilio";
+    repo = "twilio-python";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1vi3m6kvbmv643jbz95q59rcn871y0sss48kw2nqziyr5iswfx8c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose mock ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyjwt pysocks pytz six requests ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Twilio API client and TwiML generator";
+    homepage = https://github.com/twilio/twilio-python/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4e8c4add1677..4f3952320059 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26524,6 +26524,8 @@ EOF
 
   stripe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stripe { };
 
+  twilio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/twilio { };
+
   uranium = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uranium { };
 
   vine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vine { };