diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/progressbar33/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/progressbar33/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3b94436d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/progressbar33/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "progressbar33";
+  version = "2.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zvf6zs5hzrc03p9nfs4p16vhilqikycvv1yk0pxn8s07fdhvzji";
+  };
+
+  # no tests implemented
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/progressbar33;
+    description = "Text progressbar library for python";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ twey ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6096497a6f7..2ff548d561b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11482,6 +11482,8 @@ in {
 
   progressbar231 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/progressbar231 { };
 
+  progressbar33 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/progressbar33 { };
+
   ldap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldap {
     inherit (pkgs) openldap cyrus_sasl;
   };