diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4615bfcccce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-snappy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPyPy
+, python
+, snappy
+, cffi
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-snappy";
+  version = "0.5.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "8a7f803f06083d4106d55387d2daa32c12b5e376c3616b0e2da8b8a87a27d74a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ snappy ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional isPyPy cffi;
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    rm -r snappy # prevent local snappy from being picked up
+    nosetests test_snappy.py
+  '' + lib.optionalString isPyPy ''
+    nosetests test_snappy_cffi.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library for the snappy compression library from Google";
+    homepage = http://github.com/andrix/python-snappy;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 77d4a507036..105cde088f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -754,6 +754,10 @@ in {
 
   python-sql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-sql { };
 
+  python-snappy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-snappy {
+    inherit (pkgs) snappy;
+  };
+
   python-stdnum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-stdnum { };
 
   python-socketio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-socketio { };