diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5e09ae6db40..c527bb70fa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10282,6 +10282,30 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  lazy-object-proxy = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "lazy-object-proxy-${version}";
+    version = "1.2.1";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/l/lazy-object-proxy/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "22ed751a2c63c6cf718674fd7461b1dfc45215bab4751ca32b6c9b8cb2734cb3";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];
+    checkPhase = ''
+      py.test tests
+    '';
+
+    # Broken tests. Seem to be fixed upstream according to Travis.
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "A fast and thorough lazy object proxy";
+      homepage = https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy;
+      license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
+    };
+
+  };
 
   le = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "le-${version}";