diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lmtpd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lmtpd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ad9ddb433f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lmtpd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "lmtpd";
+  version = "6.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "192d1j9lj9i6f4llwg51817am4jj8pjvlqmkx03spmsay6f832bm";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/moggers87/lmtpd;
+    description = "LMTP counterpart to smtpd in the Python standard library";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f88c7e17ee2..10c5f28f475e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ in {
 
   intelhex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/intelhex { };
 
+  lmtpd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lmtpd { };
+
   mpi4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpi4py {
     mpi = pkgs.openmpi;
   };