diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/email-validator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/email-validator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fc78d8bd1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/email-validator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, dns, idna, ipaddress }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "email_validator";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ja9149l9ck5n45a72h3is7v476hjny5ybxbcamx1nw6iplsm7k6";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dns
+    idna
+  ] ++ (if isPy3k then [ ] else [ ipaddress ]);
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A robust email syntax and deliverability validation library for Python 2.x/3.x.";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/JoshData/python-email-validator;
+    license     = licenses.cc0;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ siddharthist ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6a1b3365cc6f..475205d25d7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ in {
 
   emcee = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emcee { };
 
+  email_validator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/email-validator { };
+
   dbus-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbus {
     dbus = pkgs.dbus;
   };