diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpcore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpcore/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ac9b76d2e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpcore/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy27
+, h11
+, sniffio
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "httpcore";
+  version = "0.10.2";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "encode";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "00gn8nfv814rg6fj7xv97mrra3fvx6fzjcgx9y051ihm6hxljdsi";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ h11 sniffio ];
+
+  # tests require pythonic access to mitmproxy, which isn't (yet?) packaged as
+  # a pythonPackage.
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "httpcore" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A minimal HTTP client";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/encode/httpcore";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ris ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d6ce5710f8ab..27cb1517baa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2683,6 +2683,8 @@ in {
 
   httpbin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpbin { };
 
+  httpcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpcore { };
+
   http-ece = callPackage ../development/python-modules/http-ece { };
 
   httplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httplib2 { };