diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/5.x.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/5.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cebffd5765b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sip/5.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, packaging, toml }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sip";
+  version = "5.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "sip";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "1idaivamp1jvbbai9yzv471c62xbqxhaawccvskaizihkd0lq0jx";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ packaging toml ];
+
+  # There aren't tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sipbuild" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Creates C++ bindings for Python modules";
+    homepage    = "http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/";
+    license     = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eduardosm ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5ae237047c9..a719d761a6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6939,6 +6939,8 @@ in {
 
   sip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sip { };
 
+  sip_5 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sip/5.x.nix { };
+
   sipsimple = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sipsimple { };
 
   six = callPackage ../development/python-modules/six { };