diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65ca0cc1ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, zope_proxy
+, zope_testrunner
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zope-deferredimport";
+  version = "4.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "zope.deferredimport";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "2ddef5a7ecfff132a2dd796253366ecf9748a446e30f1a0b3a636aec9d9c05c5";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zope_proxy ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ zope_testrunner ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    zope-testrunner --test-path=src []
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Allows you to perform imports names that will only be resolved when used in the code";
+    homepage = http://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.deferredimport;
+    license = licenses.zpl21;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b22aa11c45c..28c839309f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4409,6 +4409,8 @@ in {
 
   zope_contenttype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_contenttype { };
 
+  zope-deferredimport = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope-deferredimport { };
+
   zope_dottedname = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_dottedname { };
 
   zope_event = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_event { };