diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/executor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/executor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c71d63ef5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/executor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, coloredlogs, property-manager, fasteners, pytest, mock, virtualenv }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "executor";
+  version = "21.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xolox";
+    repo = "python-executor";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0rc14vjx3d6irfaw0pczzw1pn0xjl7xikv32hc1fvxv2ibnldv5d";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ coloredlogs property-manager fasteners ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest mock virtualenv ];
+
+  # ignore impure tests
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest . -k "not option and not retry \
+                 and not remote and not ssh \
+                 and not foreach and not local_context"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Programmer friendly subprocess wrapper";
+    homepage = https://github.com/xolox/python-executor;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eyjhb ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5e49b0fdef8..bd0d80d2e82d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2845,6 +2845,8 @@ in
 
   execline = skawarePackages.execline;
 
+  executor = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication executor;
+
   exif = callPackage ../tools/graphics/exif { };
 
   exiftags = callPackage ../tools/graphics/exiftags { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4440c47cc3b1..4fc2c85465da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2176,6 +2176,8 @@ in {
 
   execnet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/execnet { };
 
+  executor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/executor { };
+
   ezdxf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ezdxf {};
 
   facebook-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/facebook-sdk { };