diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/statistics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statistics/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4380e592ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/statistics/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, docutils
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "statistics";
+  version = "1.0.3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "2dc379b80b07bf2ddd5488cad06b2b9531da4dd31edb04dc9ec0dc226486c138";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
+
+  # statistics package does not have any tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python 2.* port of 3.4 Statistics Module";
+    homepage = https://github.com/digitalemagine/py-statistics;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c28a824ae34..fdf3e91cbb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ in {
 
   spglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spglib { };
 
+  statistics = callPackage ../development/python-modules/statistics { };
+
   sumo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sumo { };
 
   supervise_api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/supervise_api { };