diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pxml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pxml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..229b174adec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pxml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, pythonAtLeast
+, isPy27
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, blessings
+, six
+, nose
+, coverage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pxml";
+  version = "0.2.13";
+  disabled = pythonAtLeast "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0c9zzfv6ciyf9qm7556wil45xxgykg1cj8isp1b88gimwcb2hxg4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blessings six ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose coverage ];
+
+  # test_prefixedWhitespace fails due to a python3 StringIO issue requiring
+  # bytes rather than str
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests -e 'test_prefixedWhitespace'
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/metagriffin/pxml";
+    description = ''A python library and command-line tool to "prettify" and colorize XML.'';
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ glittershark ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f66de2e9b587..e3fb152f0a42 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3231,6 +3231,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) lzo;
   };
 
+  pxml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pxml { };
+
   junos-eznc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/junos-eznc {};
 
   raven = callPackage ../development/python-modules/raven { };