diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lima/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lima/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16a5f01ed7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lima/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "lima";
+  version = "0.5";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0qqj0053r77ppkcyyk2fhpaxjzsl1h98nf9clpny6cs66sdl241v";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Lightweight Marshalling of Python 3 Objects.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/b6d/lima";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zhaofengli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 476f9e89b703..991d4bc0deb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3817,6 +3817,8 @@ in {
 
   lightparam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightparam { };
 
+  lima = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lima { };
+
   limitlessled = callPackage ../development/python-modules/limitlessled { };
 
   limits = callPackage ../development/python-modules/limits { };