diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc3987/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc3987/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6488dfdd8ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc3987/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rfc3987";
+  version = "1.3.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d3c4d257a560d544e9826b38bc81db676890c79ab9d7ac92b39c7a253d5ca733";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rfc3987";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    description = "Parsing and validation of URIs (RFC 3986) and IRIs (RFC 3987)";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanschelven ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9c240e36b88d..c7f5cd06dd9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2739,6 +2739,8 @@ in {
 
   pyRFC3339 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyrfc3339 { };
 
+  rfc3987 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rfc3987 { };
+
   ConfigArgParse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/configargparse { };
 
   jsonschema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonschema { };