diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80acc58f6544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/behave/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonApplication, python, pythonAtLeast
+, mock, nose, pyhamcrest
+, glibcLocales, parse, parse-type, six
+}:
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "behave";
+  version = "1.2.5";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "81b731ac5187e31e4aad2594944fa914943683a9818320846d037c5ebd6d5d0b";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock nose pyhamcrest ];
+  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ parse parse-type six ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs bin
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
+    export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+
+    nosetests -x
+
+    ${python.interpreter} bin/behave -f progress3 --stop --tags='~@xfail' features/
+    ${python.interpreter} bin/behave -f progress3 --stop --tags='~@xfail' tools/test-features/
+    ${python.interpreter} bin/behave -f progress3 --stop --tags='~@xfail' issue.features/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/behave/behave;
+    description = "behaviour-driven development, Python style";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alunduil ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8843aad0a922..115730071518 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -27575,6 +27575,8 @@ EOF
 
   spacy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spacy { };
 
+  behave = callPackage ../development/python-modules/behave { };
+
   pyhamcrest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhamcrest { };
  
   parse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parse { };