diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bibtexparser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bibtexparser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f624a145e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bibtexparser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bibtexparser";
+  version = "0.6.2";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "5888219ac5db1c63ae0ad4db52ec7ad87fe7a32bd60e62ee87bceedb8ebf73b8";
+  };
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Bibtex parser for python 2.7 and 3.3 and newer";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sciunto-org/python-bibtexparser;
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3 bsd3 ];
+    maintainer = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 93a22b7f5a37..c41ed0522c46 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2217,6 +2217,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  bibtexparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bibtexparser { };
+
   binwalk_fun = { visualizationSupport ? false, pyqtgraph ? null }:
     assert visualizationSupport -> pyqtgraph != null;