diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zimports/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zimports/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43588361ca78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zimports/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, isPy3k
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, flake8-import-order
+, pyflakes
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zimports";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sqlalchemyorg";
+    repo = "zimports";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0a5axflkk0wv0rdnrh8l2rgj8gh2pfkg5lrvr8x4yxxiifawrafc";
+  };
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyflakes
+    flake8-import-order
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python import rewriter";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sqlalchemyorg/zimports";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ timokau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a706d420e7b4..e32fb1995e6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6010,6 +6010,8 @@ in {
 
   zerorpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zerorpc { };
 
+  zimports = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zimports { };
+
   zipstream = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipstream { };
 
   zodb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zodb {};