diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysha3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysha3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4df98623e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysha3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pysha3";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "17kkjapv6sr906ib0r5wpldmzw7scza08kv241r98vffy9rqx67y";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Backport of hashlib.sha3 for 2.7 to 3.5";
+    homepage = https://github.com/tiran/pysha3;
+    license = lib.licenses.psfl;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4568d4b7ec2..49a99cc4939 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13362,6 +13362,8 @@ in {
 
   pyrr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyrr { };
 
+  pysha3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysha3 { };
+
   pyshp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyshp { };
 
   pysmbc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysmbc { };