diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ac9cf831eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "beanstalkc";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "98978e57797320146f4b233286d9a02f65d20bad0168424118839fc608085280";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple beanstalkd client library for Python";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ aanderse ];
+    license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    homepage = https://github.com/earl/beanstalkc;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5c81e74cb8f..be2d703f20b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ in {
 
   bayespy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bayespy { };
 
+  beanstalkc = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/beanstalkc {});
+
   bitarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bitarray { };
 
   bitcoinlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bitcoinlib { };