diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/shippai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/shippai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f9fa408d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/shippai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "shippai";
+  # Please make sure that vdirsyncer still builds if you update this package.
+  version = "0.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ppwywzg4d12h658682ssmingm6ls6a96p4ak26i2w9d4lf8pfsc";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Use Rust failures as Python exceptions";
+    homepage = https://github.com/untitaker/shippai;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainer = with maintainers; [ gebner ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 757849dd2e9..2844bf6aba7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ in {
   };
 
   pykerberos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykerberos { };
-  
+
   pymatgen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymatgen { };
 
   pynisher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynisher { };
@@ -12449,6 +12449,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  shippai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/shippai {};
+
   simanneal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simanneal { };
 
   simplebayes = buildPythonPackage rec {