diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5025b86361a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-lzo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, lzo, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-lzo";
+  version = "1.12";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0iakqgd51n1cd7r3lpdylm2rgbmd16y74cra9kcapwg84mlf9a4p";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ lzo ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jd-boyd/python-lzo";
+    description = "Python bindings for the LZO data compression library";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jbedo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dba6218ec5a..42c885c2929 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2930,6 +2930,10 @@ in {
 
   python-ctags3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ctags3 { };
 
+  python-lzo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-lzo {
+    inherit (pkgs) lzo;
+  };
+
   junos-eznc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/junos-eznc {};
 
   raven = callPackage ../development/python-modules/raven { };