diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mac_alias/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mac_alias/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd2a1f62390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mac_alias/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "2.0.7";
+  pname = "mac_alias";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "08z2i68mk5j0vfy8jqihjm9m6njp1lpjh1m91b60h0k0kpmy71f4";
+  };
+
+  # pypi package does not include tests;
+  # tests anyway require admin privileges to succeed
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mac_alias" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/al45tair/mac_alias";
+    description = "Generate or read binary Alias and Bookmark records from Python code";
+    longDescription = ''
+      mac_alias lets you generate or read binary Alias and Bookmark records from Python code.
+
+      While it is written in pure Python, some OS X specific code is required
+      to generate a proper Alias or Bookmark record for a given file,
+      so this module currently is not portable to other platforms.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ siriobalmelli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6b3f14b0101..4a68c39e475 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -930,6 +930,8 @@ in {
 
   logzero = callPackage ../development/python-modules/logzero { };
 
+  mac_alias = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mac_alias { };
+
   macropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/macropy { };
 
   mail-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mail-parser { };