diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/guessit/2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/guessit/2.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..960babd84e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/guessit/2.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestrunner
+, dateutil
+, babelfish
+, rebulk
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "guessit";
+  version = "2.0.4";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1cfcgb0px6i9jl8nwkx8j06j4y6p5975a9pfmd8lcacwr8gy4wjg";
+  };
+
+  # Tests require more packages.
+  doCheck = false;
+  buildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dateutil babelfish rebulk
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/guessit;
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
+    description = "A library for guessing information from video files";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 51459b014c0..c6798d63602 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10549,6 +10549,9 @@ in {
 
   guessit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/guessit { };
 
+  # used by flexget
+  guessit_2_0 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/guessit/2.0.nix { };
+
   rebulk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rebulk { };
 
   gunicorn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gunicorn.nix { };