diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/murmurhash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/murmurhash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa5e3358866d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/murmurhash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cython
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "murmurhash-${version}";
+  version = "0.26.4";
+  
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "explosion";
+    repo = "murmurhash";
+    rev = "0.26.4";
+    sha256 = "0n2j0glhlv2yh3fjgbg4d79j1c1fpchgjd4vnpw908l9mzchhmdv";    
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+   cython
+  ];
+  
+  checkPhase = ''
+    cd murmurhash/tests
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -p "*test*"
+  '';
+  
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cython bindings for MurmurHash2";
+    homepage = https://github.com/explosion/murmurhash;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sdll ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 07d20c7f4836..77e33e63a3e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -28719,6 +28719,8 @@ EOF
 
   ftfy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ftfy { };    
 
+  murmurhash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/murmurhash { };      
+
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)