diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f1c1754056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confuse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, enum34
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, lib
+, pathlib
+, pyyaml
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "confuse";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-kvwEUcbiwnMqw2PQ9Z1+pgir3b7QYt2o6Y6ajJhs5GQ=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml ] ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [ enum34 pathlib ] ;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Confuse is a configuration library for Python that uses YAML.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/beetbox/confuse";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovesegfault ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 05abf503128..de985d4aa15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1332,6 +1332,8 @@ in {
 
   confluent-kafka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/confluent-kafka { };
 
+  confuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/confuse { };
+
   connexion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/connexion { };
 
   consonance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/consonance { };