diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaeger-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaeger-client/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05a76333af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaeger-client/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+, opentracing
+, threadloop
+, thrift
+, tornado
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jaeger-client";
+  version = "4.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "3bc27ad77e035efd0899f377a15f180467fec44b2afbf5be0660cc888a2a4ac3";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    threadloop
+    thrift
+    tornado
+    opentracing
+  ];
+
+  # FIXME: Missing dependencies: tchannel, opentracing_instrumentation
+  # opentracing_instrumentation: Requires "tornado" lower than 6. Current is 6.1.
+  # https://github.com/uber-common/opentracing-python-instrumentation/pull/115
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jaeger_client" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jaeger bindings for Python OpenTracing API";
+    downloadPage = "https://pypi.org/project/jaeger-client/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ superherointj ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 61cadea5f26..6bdfa2c8ca8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3833,6 +3833,8 @@ in {
 
   j2cli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/j2cli { };
 
+  jaeger-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaeger-client { };
+
   janus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/janus { };
 
   jaraco_classes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco_classes { };