diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyupdate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyupdate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37fe5a05369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyupdate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, requests }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyupdate";
+  version = "0.2.16";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1p4zpjvwy6h9kr0dp80z5k04s14r9f75jg9481gpx8ygxj0l29bi";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  # As of 0.2.16, pyupdate is intimately tied to Home Assistant which is py3 only
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    # This description is terrible, but it's what upstream uses.
+    description = "Package to update stuff";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ludeeus/pyupdate;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ad0f5b29ebb..b1e38959a8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3484,6 +3484,8 @@ in {
 
   pyspread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspread { };
 
+  pyupdate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyupdate {};
+
   pyx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyx { };
 
   mmpython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mmpython { };