diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyproj/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyproj/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eff6f436858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyproj/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, proj
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyproj";
+  version = "1.9.5.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "53fa54c8fa8a1dfcd6af4bf09ce1aae5d4d949da63b90570ac5ec849efaf3ea8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ proj ];
+
+  # Could not get tests working
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python interface to PROJ.4 library";
+    homepage = http://github.com/jswhit/pyproj;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ isc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 656c47b715a..50907f509f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20214,6 +20214,8 @@ in {
 
   pyopencl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopencl { };
 
+  pyproj = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyproj { };
+
   pyrr = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyrr-${version}";
     version = "0.7.2";