diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfd4d8f0cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bt-proximity/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, pybluez }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bt-proximity";
+  version = "0.0.20180217";
+
+  # pypi only has a pre-compiled wheel and no sources
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "FrederikBolding";
+    repo   = "bluetooth-proximity";
+    rev    = "463bade8a9080b47f09bf4a47830b31c69c5dffd";
+    sha256 = "0anfh90cj3c2g7zqrjvq0d6dzpb4hjl6gk8zw0r349j2zw9i4h7y";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pybluez ];
+
+  # there are no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Bluetooth Proximity Detection using Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/FrederikBolding/bluetooth-proximity;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 28baa2dfbe4..b8b46dec2f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ in {
 
   browsermob-proxy = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/browsermob-proxy {});
 
+  bt_proximity = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bt-proximity { };
+
   bugseverywhere = callPackage ../applications/version-management/bugseverywhere {};
 
   cachecontrol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cachecontrol { };