diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2400a76bd6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, lib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "msgpack";
+  version = "0.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "13ckbs2qc4dww7fddnm9cw116j4spgxqab49ijmj6jr178ypwl80";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-python;
+    description = "MessagePack serializer implementation for Python";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    # maintainers =  ?? ;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 811af95afdfa..b4f5c28667f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10551,6 +10551,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  msgpack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/msgpack {};
+
   msgpack-python = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "msgpack-python-${version}";
     version = "0.4.7";