diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_csv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_csv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f2e90e50b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports_csv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, future }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+
+  pname = "backports.csv";
+  version = "1.0.5";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1imzbrradkfn8s2m1qcimyn74dn1mz2p3j381jljn166rf2i6hlc";
+  };
+
+  propogatedBuildInputs = [ future ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Backport of Python 3 csv module";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ryanhiebert;
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0adde3c5589..99175c0c66c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ in {
 
   # packages defined elsewhere
 
+  backports_csv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_csv {};
+
   bap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bap {
     bap = pkgs.ocamlPackages_4_02.bap;
   };