diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv2bib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv2bib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1182c36fc0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arxiv2bib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, python, lib, fetchFromGitHub
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "arxiv2bib";
+  version = "1.0.8";
+
+  # Missing tests on Pypi
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nathangrigg";
+    repo = "arxiv2bib";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1kp2iyx20lpc9dv4qg5fgwf83a1wx6f7hj1ldqyncg0kn9xcrhbg";
+  };
+
+  # Required for tests only
+  checkInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  checkPhase = "${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s tests";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Get a BibTeX entry from an arXiv id number, using the arxiv.org API";
+    homepage = http://nathangrigg.github.io/arxiv2bib/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.nico202 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ca0acaa6905..cc635ec627a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ in {
 
   area53 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/area53 { };
 
+  arxiv2bib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/arxiv2bib { };
+
   chai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chai { };
 
   chainmap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chainmap { };