diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uuid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uuid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0481e5c24c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uuid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "uuid";
+  version = "1.30";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0gqrjsm85nnkxkmd1vk8350wqj2cigjflnvcydk084n5980cr1qz";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "UUID object and generation functions (Python 2.3 or higher)";
+    homepage = http://zesty.ca/python/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6fc3a140eb8..572cad7886c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17309,6 +17309,8 @@ EOF
 
   uranium = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uranium { };
 
+  uuid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uuid { };
+
   versioneer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versioneer { };
 
   vine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vine { };