diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dotenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dotenv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37c7d0dae686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dotenv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, click, ipython }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-dotenv";
+  version = "0.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1q4sp6ppjiqlsz3h43q9iya4n3qkhx6ng16bcbacfxdyrp9xvcf9";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ click ipython ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Add .env support to your django/flask apps in development and deployments";
+    homepage = https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv;
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ earvstedt ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 69b3061577e4..9fa356112701 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ in {
 
   python-dbusmock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-dbusmock { };
 
+  python-dotenv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-dotenv { };
+
   python-engineio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-engineio { };
 
   python-hosts = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-hosts { };