diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/progressbar231/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/progressbar231/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9825961754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/progressbar231/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "progressbar231";
+  version = "2.3.1";
+
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0j0ifxk87xz3wkyacxaiqygghn27wwz6y5pj9k8j2yq7n33fbdam";
+  };
+
+  # no tests implemented
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/progressbar231;
+    description = "Text progressbar library for python";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ twey ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6ce9bde2c97..6096497a6f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11480,6 +11480,8 @@ in {
 
   progressbar2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/progressbar2 { };
 
+  progressbar231 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/progressbar231 { };
+
   ldap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldap {
     inherit (pkgs) openldap cyrus_sasl;
   };