diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/csvw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/csvw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76f7cb73b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/csvw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy27
+, attrs
+, isodate
+, dateutil
+, rfc3986
+, uritemplate
+, mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "csvw";
+  version = "1.8.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cldf";
+    repo = "csvw";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0maxrsiv9i9hkg627hwqyq8g6jg3g8iv8gdqaxz4aysjd9xddydd";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "--cov" ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    attrs
+    isodate
+    dateutil
+    rfc3986
+    uritemplate
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-mock
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "CSV on the Web";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cldf/csvw";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d52b0f6bb8b..02243ae8ac4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1355,6 +1355,8 @@ in {
 
   csvs-to-sqlite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/csvs-to-sqlite { };
 
+  csvw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/csvw { };
+
   cucumber-tag-expressions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cucumber-tag-expressions { };
 
   cufflinks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cufflinks { };