diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aspell-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aspell-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d6c7b45d15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aspell-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27, aspell, aspellDicts, python }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aspell-python";
+  version = "1.15";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "aspell-python-py3";
+    extension = "tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "13dk3jrvqmfvf2w9b8afj37d8bh32kcx295lyn3z7r8qch792hi0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ aspell ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export ASPELL_CONF="dict-dir ${aspellDicts.en}/lib/aspell"
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    ${python.interpreter} test/unittests.py
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "aspell" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python wrapper for aspell (C extension and python version)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/WojciechMula/aspell-python";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 17f6624c42ea..cc0ab7e8c8f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ in {
 
   asn1crypto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asn1crypto { };
 
+  aspell-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aspell-python { };
+
   aspy-yaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aspy.yaml { };
 
   asteval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asteval { };