diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soupsieve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soupsieve/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f877ffb355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soupsieve/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, beautifulsoup4
+, isPy3k
+, backports_functools_lru_cache
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "soupsieve";
+  version = "1.7.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "87db12ae79194f0ff9808d2b1641c4f031ae39ffa3cab6b907ea7c1e5e5ed445";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest beautifulsoup4 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional (!isPy3k) backports_functools_lru_cache;
+
+  # Circular test dependency on beautifulsoup4
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A CSS4 selector implementation for Beautiful Soup";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    homepage = https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve;
+  };
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 30eba87155e..1b5fccaece8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4453,6 +4453,8 @@ in {
 
   sorl_thumbnail = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sorl_thumbnail { };
 
+  soupsieve = callPackage ../development/python-modules/soupsieve { };
+
   sphinx_rtd_theme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx_rtd_theme { };
 
   sphinxcontrib-blockdiag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-blockdiag { };