diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mongoengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mongoengine/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db20d9442ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mongoengine/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pymongo
+, six
+, blinker
+, nose
+, pillow
+, coverage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mongoengine";
+  version = "0.18.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "MongoEngine";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0gx091h9rcykdj233srrl3dfc0ly52p6r4qc9ah6z0f694kmqj1v";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pymongo
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+    pillow
+    coverage
+    blinker
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "coverage==4.2" "coverage"
+  '';
+
+  # tests require mongodb running in background
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "MongoEngine is a Python Object-Document Mapper for working with MongoDB";
+    homepage = http://mongoengine.org/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d28c9544daf..c0dcf661265 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4480,6 +4480,8 @@ in {
 
   mongodict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mongodict { };
 
+  mongoengine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mongoengine { };
+
   repoze_who = callPackage ../development/python-modules/repoze_who { };
 
   vobject = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vobject { };