diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 45e2674cd66a..3d7e2be1553e 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
   wyvie = "Elijah Rum <elijahrum@gmail.com>";
   yarr = "Dmitry V. <savraz@gmail.com>";
   z77z = "Marco Maggesi <maggesi@math.unifi.it>";
+  zagy = "Christian Zagrodnick <cz@flyingcircus.io>";
   zef = "Zef Hemel <zef@zef.me>";
   zimbatm = "zimbatm <zimbatm@zimbatm.com>";
   zoomulator = "Kim Simmons <zoomulator@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b9e1112e762b..76fd2950ad6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17892,6 +17892,28 @@ in modules // {
   };
 
 
+  shortuuid = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "shortuuid-${version}";
+    version = "0.4.2";
+
+    disabled = isPy26;
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/shortuuid/${name}.tar.gz";
+      md5 = "142e3ae4e7cd32d41a71deb359db4cfe";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [pep8];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "A generator library for concise, unambiguous and URL-safe UUIDs.";
+      homepage = https://github.com/stochastic-technologies/shortuuid/;
+      license = licenses.bsd3;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ zagy ];
+    };
+  };
+
+
   simplejson = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "simplejson-3.8.1";