diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-pcapy3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-pcapy3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71673da7abe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pure-pcapy3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pure-pcapy3";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "14panfklap6wwi9avw46gvd7wg9mkv9xbixvbvmi1m2adpqlb7mr";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python reimplementation of pcapy. This package is API compatible and a drop-in replacement.";
+    homepage = "http://bitbucket.org/viraptor/pure-pcapy";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ etu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4340f6a30ee7..e9eaacfcf093 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7446,6 +7446,8 @@ in {
 
   pulp  = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pulp { };
 
+  pure-pcapy3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pure-pcapy3 { };
+
   behave = callPackage ../development/python-modules/behave { };
 
   pyhamcrest = if isPy3k then