diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71219c32ae5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, lml
+, pyexcel-io
+, texttable
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyexcel";
+  version = "0.6.4";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "pPNYnimHhW7SL6X6OLwagZoadTD7IdUSbO7vAqQPQu8=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    lml
+    pyexcel-io
+    texttable
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  # Tests depend on pyexcel-xls & co. causing circular dependency.
+  # https://github.com/pyexcel/pyexcel/blob/dev/tests/requirements.txt
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyexcel" ];
+
+  checkPhase = "nosetests";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Single API for reading, manipulating and writing data in csv, ods, xls, xlsx and xlsm files";
+    homepage = "http://docs.pyexcel.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4a2b77b69a18..07fae4f32c5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5576,6 +5576,8 @@ in {
 
   pyenchant = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyenchant { enchant2 = pkgs.enchant2; };
 
+  pyexcel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel { };
+
   pyexcel-io = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel-io { };
 
   pyexcelerator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcelerator { };