diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6443a4e2bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "rlp";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0d3gx4mp8q4z369s5yk1n9c55sgfw9fidbwqxq67d6s7l45rm1w7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A package for encoding and decoding data in and from Recursive Length Prefix notation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ethereum/pyrlp";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gebner ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e635702cc2b..535da74d9f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ in {
 
   rhpl = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/rhpl {});
 
+  rlp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rlp { };
+
   rx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rx { };
 
   salmon-mail = callPackage ../development/python-modules/salmon-mail { };