diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/leveldb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/leveldb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d6336ce7573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/leveldb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "leveldb";
+  version = "0.194";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0f6d1y65k6miimic82n8zsx50z9k982mvzp90crwcv1knjrphcww";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://code.google.com/archive/p/py-leveldb/";
+    description = "Thread-safe Python bindings for LevelDB";
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.aanderse ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f26c52df84e..4c8026ced43a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3097,6 +3097,8 @@ in {
 
   lektor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lektor { };
 
+  leveldb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/leveldb { };
+
   python-oauth2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-oauth2 { };
 
   python_openzwave = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python_openzwave {