diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markerlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markerlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..640b11a6f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markerlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  pname = "markerlib";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "2fdb3939441f5bf4f090b1979a34f84a11d33eed6c0e3995de88ae5c06b6e3ae";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/dholth/markerlib/;
+    description = "A compiler for PEP 345 environment markers";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 137463b74db..e93e5411738 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ in {
 
   mail-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mail-parser { };
 
+  markerlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markerlib { };
+
   monty = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monty { };
 
   mpi4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpi4py {