diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibacl/0.5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibacl/0.5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..284a795b4c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibacl/0.5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylibacl";
+  version = "0.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0drvxb21y7p0aikcv3jx90vdcjk96kibf9x8qgxic2prxxd3f3q6";
+  };
+
+  # ERROR: testExtended (tests.test_acls.AclExtensions)
+  # IOError: [Errno 0] Error
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ acl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python extension module for POSIX ACLs, it can be used to query, list, add, and remove ACLs from files and directories under operating systems that support them";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 033b9e1f7c6f..c6770420c3ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5245,7 +5245,10 @@ in {
 
   pylev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylev { };
 
-  pylibacl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibacl { };
+  pylibacl = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibacl { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibacl/0.5.nix { };
 
   pylibconfig2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibconfig2 { };