diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yenc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yenc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f9f3b6467af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yenc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ fetchurl
+, lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, python
+, isPyPy
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "yenc";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+in buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bitbucket.org/dual75/yenc/get/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0zkyzxgq30mbrzpnqam4md0cb09d5falh06m0npc81nnlhcghkp7";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s test
+  '';
+
+  disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Encoding and decoding yEnc";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/dual75/yenc;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2eaea361b1b4..e58cc0f63feb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -31902,6 +31902,9 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
+  yenc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yenc {
+  };
+
   zeitgeist = if isPy3k then throw "zeitgeist not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else
     (pkgs.zeitgeist.override{python2Packages=self;}).py;