diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylev/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..895171ff713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylev/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylev";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  # No tests in PyPi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "toastdriven";
+    repo = "pylev";
+    # Can't use a tag because it's missing
+    # https://github.com/toastdriven/pylev/issues/10
+    # rev = "v${version};
+    rev = "72e3d490515c3188e2acac9c15ea1b466f9ff938";
+    sha256 = "18dg1rfnqgfl6x4vafiq4la9d7f65xak19gcvngslq0bm1z6hyd8";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/toastdriven/pylev;
+    description = "A pure Python Levenshtein implementation that's not freaking GPL'd";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jakewaksbaum ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d0d12d2ca72..7e7caa6d179 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@ in {
 
   pykeepass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykeepass { };
 
+  pylev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylev { };
+
   pymatgen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymatgen { };
 
   pymatgen-lammps = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymatgen-lammps { };