diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mergedeep/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mergedeep/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b5536ed6fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mergedeep/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, isPy27, fetchFromGitHub, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mergedeep";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  # PyPI tarball doesn't include tests directory
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "clarketm";
+    repo = "mergedeep";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1a0y26a04limiggjwqyyqpryxiylbqya74nq1bij75zhz42sa02b";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = "pytest";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mergedeep" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/clarketm/mergedeep";
+    description = "A deep merge function for python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ris ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 399d49978b2..29e23ce83b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3593,6 +3593,8 @@ in {
 
   mercurial = disabledIf (!isPy3k) (toPythonModule (pkgs.mercurial.override { python3Packages = self; }));
 
+  mergedeep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mergedeep { };
+
   merkletools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/merkletools { };
 
   mesa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mesa { };