diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sybil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sybil/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1fe22df476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sybil/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi
+, pytest, nose }:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname   = "sybil";
+  version = "1.0.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0x8qd5p5qliv8wmdglda2iy3f70i4jg8zqyk8yhklm5hrxm8jdl6";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Automated testing for the examples in your documentation.";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/cjw296/sybil/;
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f39040f4bf..8cc46bc2589 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19733,6 +19733,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  sybil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sybil { };
+
   syncthing-gtk = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.9.2.3";
     name = "syncthing-gtk-${version}";