diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 60505d50056e..8ec1c5cd227a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, python, pyqt4, sip, popplerQt4, pkgconfig, libpng,
 imagemagick, libjpeg, fontconfig, podofo, qt4, mechanize, lxml, dateutil,
-pil, cssutils, makeWrapper, unrar}:
+pil, cssutils, beautifulsoap, makeWrapper, unrar}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "calibre-0.6.43";
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit python;
 
   buildInputs = [ python pyqt4 sip popplerQt4 pkgconfig libpng imagemagick
-    libjpeg fontconfig podofo qt4 mechanize lxml dateutil pil makeWrapper cssutils ];
+    libjpeg fontconfig podofo qt4 mechanize lxml dateutil pil makeWrapper cssutils
+    beautifulsoap ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     export HOME=$TMPDIR/fakehome
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c8103e2a756a..ba1431d28b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6787,7 +6787,7 @@ let
     sip = sip_python26;
     pil = pil_python26;
     popplerQt4 = popplerQt45;
-    inherit (python26Packages) mechanize lxml dateutil cssutils;
+    inherit (python26Packages) mechanize lxml dateutil cssutils beautifulsoap;
   };
 
   carrier = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/carrier/2.5.0.nix) {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5c6d7d6328c0..4edf92dc644e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,26 @@ rec {
     };
   });
 
+  beautifulsoap = buildPythonPackage (rec {
+    name = "beautifulsoap-3.0.8";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/download/3.x/BeautifulSoup-3.0.8.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1gasiy5lwbhsxw27g36d88n36xbj52434klisvqhljgckd4xqcy7";
+    };
+
+    # No tests implemented
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/;
+
+      license = "bsd";
+
+      description = "Undemanding HTML/XML parser";
+    };
+  });
+
   boto = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "boto-1.9b";