diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7292b8126227..eefdc07d3d84 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15448,6 +15448,24 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  pyshp = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pyshp-${version}";
+    version = "1.2.3";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyshp/pyshp-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "e18cc19659dadc5ddaa891eb780a6958094da0cf105a1efe0f67e75b4fa1cdf9";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Pure Python read/write support for ESRI Shapefile format";
+      homepage = https://github.com/GeospatialPython/pyshp;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+    };
+  };
+
   pyx = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyx-${version}";
     version = "0.14.1";