diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 168e2532f366..7c262470400c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8742,6 +8742,23 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  pymongo = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pymongo-2.8";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pymongo/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0d9rlxghqg9dqmcmrlf1lw9ap2g6npv6q4slp5agnm7vci9zchq5";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "http://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver";
+      license = [ "Apache-2.0" ];
+      description = "Python driver for MongoDB ";
+    };
+  };
+
   pysphere = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pysphere-0.1.8";