diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a0e4d5b07880..9b351fade456 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4537,6 +4537,39 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  eve = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    version = "0.6.1";
+    name = "Eve-${version}";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/E/Eve/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0wf1x8qixkld6liz5syqi8i9nrfrhq4lpmh0p9cy3jbkhk34km69";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
+      cerberus
+      events
+      flask-pymongo
+      flask
+      itsdangerous
+      jinja2
+      markupsafe
+      pymongo_2_9_1
+      simplejson
+      werkzeug
+
+    ];
+
+    # tests call a running mongodb instance
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "http://python-eve.org/";
+      description = "open source Python REST API framework designed for human beings";
+      license = licenses.bsd3;
+    };
+  };
+
 
   eventlib = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-eventlib-${version}";