diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d245d472a007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, pytest
+, pytz
+, glibcLocales
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.6.3";
+  pname = "python-rapidjson";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0a7729c711d9be2b6c0638ce4851d398e181f2329814668aa7fda6421a5da085";
+  };
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";
+  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+
+  # buildInputs = [ ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytz ];
+  # propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/python-rapidjson/python-rapidjson;
+    description = "Python wrapper around rapidjson ";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f8c635edb5b2..d5158c4fd80f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ in {
 
   python-prctl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-prctl { };
 
+  python-rapidjson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-rapidjson { };
+
   python-sql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-sql { };
 
   python-stdnum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-stdnum { };