diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 180eca8fe32..7e5a2e1986b 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -7026,6 +7026,11 @@
     github = "timbertson";
     name = "Tim Cuthbertson";
   };
+  timma = {
+    email = "kunduru.it.iitb@gmail.com";
+    github = "ktrsoft";
+    name = "Timma";
+  };
   timokau = {
     email = "timokau@zoho.com";
     github = "timokau";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/avro-python3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/avro-python3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9db39a325f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/avro-python3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "avro-python3";
+  version = "1.8.2";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "f82cf0d66189600b1e6b442f650ad5aca6c189576723dcbf6f9ce096eab81bd6";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;        # No such file or directory: './run_tests.py
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A serialization and RPC framework";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/avro-python3/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.shlevy maintainers.timma ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6a9596ae2c3..b8c718e8771 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1669,6 +1669,8 @@ in {
 
   avro3k = callPackage ../development/python-modules/avro3k {};
 
+  avro-python3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/avro-python3 {};
+
   aws-lambda-builders = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aws-lambda-builders { };
 
   python-slugify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-slugify { };