diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/itemadapter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/itemadapter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92cc794dc2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/itemadapter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "itemadapter";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "52159b4f97d82aa2968000ee8371b2114af56a2f44e4cd9142580d46eea39020";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false; # infinite recursion with Scrapy
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "itemadapter" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Common interface for data container classes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scrapy/itemadapter";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ebf2585bfffe..d35c632174c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -886,6 +886,8 @@ in {
 
   itanium_demangler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/itanium_demangler { };
 
+  itemadapter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/itemadapter { };
+
   iterm2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iterm2 { };
 
   janus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/janus { };