diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-linux-procfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-linux-procfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..702be64075ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-linux-procfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchgit, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-linux-procfs";
+  version = "0.6.3";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/python/${pname}/${pname}.git";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-PPgMlL9oj4HYUsr444ZrGo1LSZBl9hL5SE98IASUpbc=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  # contains no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "procfs" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python classes to extract information from the Linux kernel /proc files";
+    homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/python/python-linux-procfs/python-linux-procfs.git/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c192dd109791..8dd16275f2aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6929,6 +6929,8 @@ in {
 
   python-Levenshtein = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-levenshtein { };
 
+  python-linux-procfs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-linux-procfs { };
+
   python-logstash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-logstash { };
 
   python-ly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ly { };