diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 447218051a2..6731d853f4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -812,6 +812,42 @@ rec {
     };
   });
 
+
+  pycurl =
+    let libcurl = pkgs.stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation pkgs.curl
+      (oldAttrs: {
+        configureFlags =
+          (if oldAttrs ? configureFlags then oldAttrs.configureFlags else "" )
+          + " --enable-static";
+      });
+    in
+  buildPythonPackage (rec {
+    name = "pycurl-7.19.0";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycryptopp/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0hh6icdbp7svcq0p57zf520ifzhn7jw64x07k99j7h57qpy2sy7b";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ libcurl ];
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    postInstall = ''
+      find $out -name easy-install.pth | xargs rm -v
+      find $out -name 'site.py*' | xargs rm -v
+    '';
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/;
+
+      description = "Python wrapper for libcurl";
+
+      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    };
+  });
+
+
   pymacs = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     version = "v0.24-beta2";
     name = "Pymacs-${version}";