diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3328671417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioneer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+
+  pname = "versioneer";
+  version = "0.18";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0dgkzg1r7mjg91xp81sv9z4mabyxl39pkd11jlc1200md20zglga";
+  };
+
+  # Couldn't get tests to work because, for instance, they used virtualenv and
+  # pip.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Version-string management for VCS-controlled trees";
+    homepage = https://github.com/warner/python-versioneer;
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ab21b6b031d..e635ef40539 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -22523,6 +22523,8 @@ EOF
 
   uranium = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uranium { };
 
+  versioneer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versioneer { };
+
   vine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vine { };
 
   wp_export_parser = buildPythonPackage rec {