diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/betacode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/betacode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bd78fb49d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/betacode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pygtrie, isPy3k, lib, }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "betacode";
+  version = "1.0";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0s84kd9vblbjz61q7zchx64a6hmdqb4lillna5ryh0g9ij76g6r5";
+  };
+  preBuild = ''echo > README.rst'';
+  # setup.py uses a python3 os.path.join
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygtrie ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/matgrioni/betacode";
+    description = "A small python package to flexibly convert from betacode to unicode and back.";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kmein ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b46637236eb..21eaab0dd9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -817,6 +817,8 @@ in {
 
   bespon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bespon { };
 
+  betacode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/betacode { };
+
   betamax = callPackage ../development/python-modules/betamax { };
 
   betamax-matchers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/betamax-matchers { };