diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/itsdangerous/1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/itsdangerous/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1669a1ed5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/itsdangerous/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "itsdangerous";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "321b033d07f2a4136d3ec762eac9f16a10ccd60f53c0c91af90217ace7ba1f19";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Helpers to pass trusted data to untrusted environments and back";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/itsdangerous/";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 5d6022bfd1af..8b4a752e875a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   isort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/isort/4.nix { };
 
+  itsdangerous = callPackage ../development/python-modules/itsdangerous/1.nix { };
+
   jaraco_functools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco_functools/2.nix { };
 
   jaraco_stream = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jaraco_stream/2.nix { };