diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/1.18.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/1.18.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a51c78c584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/1.18.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pkg-config
+, cairo
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycairo";
+  version = "1.18.2";
+
+  format = "other";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pygobject";
+    repo = "pycairo";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "142145a2whvlk92jijrbf3i2bqrzmspwpysj0bfypw0krzi0aa6j";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cairo
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dpython=${python.interpreter}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python 2 bindings for cairo";
+    homepage = "https://pycairo.readthedocs.io/";
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21Only mpl11 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index b6f4aa99f51..474d3c2f951 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   pyblosxom = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyblosxom { };
 
+  pycairo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycairo/1.18.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) meson;
+  };
+
   pycangjie = disabled pycangjie;
 
   pycarddav = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycarddav { };