diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b3ae9e6ea863..ca00bc4df574 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ result-*
 .version-suffix
 
 .DS_Store
+.mypy_cache
 
 /pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/*/tmp/
 /pkgs/desktops/kde-5/*/tmp/
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/roku/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/roku/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cdfa2aa15b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/roku/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, requests, pytest, flask, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "4.1";
+  pname = "roku";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jcarbaugh";
+    repo = "python-roku";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "09mq59kjll7gj1srw4qc921ncsm7cld95sbz5v3p2bwmgckpqza7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest flask ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "roku" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Screw remotes. Control your Roku with Python.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jcarbaugh/python-roku";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 74003cde6e5b..2e657da33886 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3299,6 +3299,8 @@ in {
 
   rethinkdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rethinkdb { };
 
+  roku = callPackage ../development/python-modules/roku { };
+
   roman = callPackage ../development/python-modules/roman { };
 
   rotate-backups = callPackage ../tools/backup/rotate-backups { };