diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..84f6dd380b14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, sphinxHook
+, sphinx-rtd-theme
+, pytest-benchmark
+, pytest-mock
+, py
+, pathos
+, tqdm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "lox";
+  version = "0.11.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "BrianPugh";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kXfFRIFI1OcbDc1LujbFo/Iqg7pgwtXLkIcIFA9nehs=";
+  };
+
+  # patch out pytest-runner and invalid pytest args
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i '/pytest-runner/d' ./setup.py
+    sed -i '/collect_ignore/d' ./setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "doc"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    sphinxHook
+    sphinx-rtd-theme
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    py
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-benchmark
+    pytest-mock
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pathos
+    tqdm
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "lox"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Threading and Multiprocessing made easy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/BrianPugh/lox";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BrianPugh/lox/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4e7f2e055eed2..7d0f0d0f063b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5674,6 +5674,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   losant-rest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/losant-rest { };
 
+  lox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lox { };
+
   lrcalc-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lrcalc-python { };
 
   lru-dict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lru-dict { };