diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cbor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cbor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..360872c0f896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cbor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cbor";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1dmv163cnslyqccrybkxn0c9s1jk1mmafmgxv75iamnz5lk5l8hk";
+  };
+
+  # Tests are excluded from PyPI and four unit tests are also broken:
+  # https://github.com/brianolson/cbor_py/issues/6
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/bodhisnarkva/cbor;
+    description = "Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) library";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ geistesk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f00e2b4cb0fa..36bd7904ff19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1170,6 +1170,8 @@ in {
 
   case = callPackage ../development/python-modules/case {};
 
+  cbor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cbor {};
+
   cassandra-driver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cassandra-driver { };
 
   cccolutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cccolutils {};