diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40d90deacc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyexcel-io
+, xlrd
+, xlwt
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyexcel-xls";
+  version = "0.5.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "LTPrS9ja37jHO1zMaiONZbORTomnVTsfObk5exfL5AI=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyexcel-io
+    xlrd
+    xlwt
+  ];
+
+  # Tests are not included in the archive.
+  # https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel-xls/issues/35
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyexcel_xls" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A wrapper library to read, manipulate and write data in xls using xlrd and xlwt";
+    homepage = "http://docs.pyexcel.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 07fae4f32c5..ea5c51e9248 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5580,6 +5580,8 @@ in {
 
   pyexcel-io = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel-io { };
 
+  pyexcel-xls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls { };
+
   pyexcelerator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcelerator { };
 
   pyext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyext { };