diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypcap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypcap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab4c5f6034fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypcap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, writeText, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, libpcap, dpkt }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pypcap";
+  version = "1.1.6";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1cx7qm0w2a91g5z8k3kmlwz0b8dkr0h8dlb64rwgyhp2laa33syi";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # The default setup.py searchs for pcap.h in a static list of default
+    # folders. So we have to add the path to libpcap in the nix-store.
+    (writeText "libpcap-path.patch"
+      ''
+      --- a/setup.py
+      +++ b/setup.py
+      @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def recursive_search(path, target_files):
+
+       def get_extension():
+           # A list of all the possible search directories
+      -    dirs = ['/usr', sys.prefix] + glob.glob('/opt/libpcap*') + \
+      +    dirs = ['${libpcap}', '/usr', sys.prefix] + \
+      +        glob.glob('/opt/libpcap*') + \
+               glob.glob('../libpcap*') + glob.glob('../wpdpack*') + \
+               glob.glob('/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/' +
+                         'MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/*')
+      '')
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libpcap dpkt ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pynetwork/pypcap;
+    description = "Simplified object-oriented Python wrapper for libpcap";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ geistesk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f35991eeaed0..bef07dec37f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17594,6 +17594,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  pypcap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pypcap {};
+
   pyplatec = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "PyPlatec-${version}";
     version = "1.4.0";