diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpclib-pelix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpclib-pelix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b331279042c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpclib-pelix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "jsonrpclib-pelix";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1qs95vxplxwspbrqy8bvc195s58iy43qkf75yrjfql2sim8b25sl";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "JSON RPC client library - Pelix compatible fork";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/jsonrpclib-pelix/;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ moredread ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0712a56409bb..3bacb8c45a41 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5940,6 +5940,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  jsonrpclib-pelix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonrpclib-pelix {};
+
   jsonwatch = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "jsonwatch-0.2.0";