diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d37f684c468..44e4f03ea99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2056,6 +2056,34 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  biopython = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "biopython-${version}";
+    version = "1.68";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/b/biopython/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "07qc7nz0k77y8hf8s18rscvibvm91zw0kkq7ylrhisf8vp8hkp6i";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy ];
+    # Checks try to write to $HOME, which does not work with nix
+    doCheck = false;
+    meta = {
+      description = "Python library for bioinformatics";
+
+      longDescription = ''
+        Biopython is a set of freely available tools for biological computation
+        written in Python by an international team of developers. It is a
+        distributed collaborative effort to develop Python libraries and
+        applications which address the needs of current and future work in
+        bioinformatics.
+      '';
+
+      homepage = http://biopython.org/wiki/Documentation;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ luispedro ];
+    };
+  };
+
   bedup = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.10.1";
     name = "bedup-${version}";