diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1128355303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygobject/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, glib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pygobject-2.12.3";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygobject/2.12/pygobject-2.12.3.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0hfsd7ln7j67w0vyrszic9b3d97gddad1y9arjw8i2b6h411xa7g";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [python pkgconfig glib];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76d4939ba88..971369209d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2068,6 +2068,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python gmp;
   };
 
+  pygobject = import ../development/python-modules/pygobject {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv python pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
+  };
+
   pygtk = import ../development/python-modules/pygtk {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python pkgconfig;
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib gtk;