diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clldutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clldutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69813e6a2eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clldutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy27
+, attrs
+, colorlog
+, csvw
+, dateutil
+, tabulate
+, mock
+, postgresql
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "clldutils";
+  version = "3.5.2";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "clld";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0qlqp9yq4lbi9ik2psgw0svxlb7raadqaxdh2dgkn85d7h20y4nd";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "--cov" ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dateutil
+    tabulate
+    colorlog
+    attrs
+    csvw
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    postgresql
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-mock
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "CSV on the Web";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cldf/csvw";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 02243ae8ac46..3c5e8cd99315 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1188,6 +1188,8 @@ in {
 
   clize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clize { };
 
+  clldutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clldutils { };
+
   closure-linter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/closure-linter { };
 
   cloudflare = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cloudflare { };