diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/poster3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/poster3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..175faa343ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/poster3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, paste
+, webob
+, pyopenssl
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "poster3";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  format = "wheel"; # only redistributable available
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    format = "wheel";
+    python = "py3";
+    sha256 = "1b27d7d63e3191e5d7238631fc828e4493590e94dcea034e386c079d853cce14";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    paste
+    webob
+    pyopenssl
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Streaming HTTP uploads and multipart/form-data encoding";
+    homepage = https://atlee.ca/software/poster/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ WhittlesJr ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6b3e434074ac..ac1567aacd53 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1709,6 +1709,8 @@ in {
 
   proboscis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/proboscis {};
 
+  poster3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/poster3 { };
+
   py4j = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py4j { };
 
   pyechonest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyechonest { };