diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d4be3226bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, thrift, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycassa";
+  version = "1.11.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1nsqjzgn6v0rya60dihvbnrnq1zwaxl2qwf0sr08q9qlkr334hr6";
+  };
+
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  # Tests are not executed since they require a cassandra up and
+  # running
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ thrift ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "pycassa is a python client library for Apache Cassandra";
+    homepage = http://github.com/pycassa/pycassa;
+    license = stdenv.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e2fb54ede58..64de0d30a74 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9022,7 +9022,9 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-   pybluez = buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pycassa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycassa { };
+
+  pybluez = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "unstable-20160819";
     pname = "pybluez";
     name = "${pname}-${version}";