diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..111ff6278ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unicode-slugify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, six
+, unittest2
+, unidecode
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "unicode-slugify";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0l7nphfdq9rgiczbl8n3mra9gx7pxap0xz540pkyz034zbz3mkrl";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six unidecode ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose unittest2 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Generates unicode slugs";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/unicode-slugify/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dd426da62f3..a4f00f68869 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5453,6 +5453,8 @@ in {
 
   unicodecsv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unicodecsv { };
 
+  unicode-slugify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unicode-slugify { };
+
   unidiff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unidiff { };
 
   units = callPackage ../development/python-modules/units { };