diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypothesis/2.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypothesis/2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b4aa5ccf0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypothesis/2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k, attrs, coverage, enum34, pexpect
+, doCheck ? true, pytest, pytest_xdist, flaky, mock
+, sortedcontainers
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  # https://hypothesis.readthedocs.org/en/latest/packaging.html
+
+  # Hypothesis has optional dependencies on the following libraries
+  # pytz fake_factory django numpy pytest
+  # If you need these, you can just add them to your environment.
+
+  version = "4.57.1";
+  pname = "hypothesis";
+
+  # Use github tarballs that includes tests
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "HypothesisWorks";
+    repo = "hypothesis-python";
+    rev = "hypothesis-python-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256:1qcpcrk6892hzyjsdr581pw6i4fj9035nv89mcjrcrzcmycdlfds";
+  };
+
+  postUnpack = "sourceRoot=$sourceRoot/hypothesis-python";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    attrs
+    coverage
+    sortedcontainers
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) enum34;
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytest_xdist flaky mock pexpect ];
+  inherit doCheck;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    rm tox.ini # This file changes how py.test runs and breaks it
+    py.test tests/cover
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python library for property based testing";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/HypothesisWorks/hypothesis";
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 56758a6ea535..acf1dd558e98 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4056,7 +4056,10 @@ in {
 
   hydra = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hydra { };
 
-  hypothesis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hypothesis { };
+  hypothesis = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/hypothesis { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/hypothesis/2.nix { };
 
   hydra-check = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hydra-check { };