diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/empy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/empy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..544506efb0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/empy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "empy";
+  version = "3.3.4";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "c6xJeFtgFHnfTqGKfHm8EwSop8NMArlHLPEgauiPAbM=";
+  };
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "em" ];
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.alcyone.com/software/empy/";
+    description = "A templating system for Python.";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nkalupahana ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 52784ad2075d..b05183e99425 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2470,6 +2470,8 @@ in {
 
   emoji = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emoji { };
 
+  empy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/empy { };
+
   emulated-roku = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emulated-roku { };
 
   enaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/enaml { };