diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhamcrest/1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhamcrest/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..592172c6550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhamcrest/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, mock, pytest
+, six
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "PyHamcrest";
+  version = "1.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0x08lfcnsak7pkym32xrdn0sn3wcf26n1jff3d11mwbizpfikbpp";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  doCheck = false;  # pypi tarball does not include tests
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hamcrest/PyHamcrest";
+    description = "Hamcrest framework for matcher objects";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      alunduil
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 06ab8621f3f..7ca53e402d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7278,7 +7278,10 @@ in {
 
   behave = callPackage ../development/python-modules/behave { };
 
-  pyhamcrest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhamcrest { };
+  pyhamcrest = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhamcrest { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhamcrest/1.nix { };
 
   pyhaversion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhaversion { };