diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/panflute/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/panflute/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da08b858b1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/panflute/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, click
+, pyyaml
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec{
+  version = "2.0.5";
+  pname = "panflute";
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ssmqcyr91f0gpl49lz6a9jkl17l06h6qcik24rlmva28ii6aszz";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click pyyaml ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Pythonic alternative to John MacFarlane's pandocfilters, with extra helper functions";
+    homepage = "http://scorreia.com/software/panflute";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ synthetica ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c13d9e079d22..a7d370ff4561 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4652,6 +4652,8 @@ in {
 
   panel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/panel { };
 
+  panflute = callPackage ../development/python-modules/panflute { };
+
   papermill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/papermill { };
 
   openpaperwork-core = callPackage ../applications/office/paperwork/openpaperwork-core.nix { };