diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae07076bb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/namedlist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "namedlist";
+  version = "1.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "11n9c4a5ak9971awkf1g92m6mcmiprhrw98ik2cmjsqxmz73j2qr";
+  };
+
+  # Test file has a `unittest.main()` at the bottom that fails the tests;
+  # py.test can run the tests without it.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace test/test_namedlist.py --replace "unittest.main()" ""
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Similar to namedtuple, but instances are mutable";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/ericvsmith/namedlist;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ivan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a9ecf9495e1..2586ca756f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3076,6 +3076,8 @@ in {
 
   namebench = callPackage ../development/python-modules/namebench { };
 
+  namedlist = callPackage ../development/python-modules/namedlist { };
+
   nameparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nameparser { };
 
   nbconvert = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconvert { };