diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3be79736e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "PyXB";
+  version = "1.2.6";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1d17pyixbfvjyi2lb0cfp0ch8wwdf44mmg3r5pwqhyyqs66z601a";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pyxb"
+  ];
+
+  # tests don't complete
+  # https://github.com/pabigot/pyxb/issues/130
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python XML Schema Bindings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pabigot/pyxb";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cda892eead5..c8680542974 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6887,6 +6887,8 @@ in {
 
   pyx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyx { };
 
+  pyxb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxb { };
+
   pyxbe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxbe { };
 
   pyxdg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxdg { };