diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/acebinf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acebinf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78810de1740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acebinf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyvcf
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ACEBinf";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1168pny671l6zfm2vv1pwspnflmzi7f4v8yldjl7zlz0b9cm5zlz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pyvcf ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "acebinf" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ACEnglish/acebinf";
+    description = "Collection of simple utilities used when building bioinformatics tools";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ris ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 25f90583d7c..a70c8bbcbb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ in {
 
   accupy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/accupy { };
 
+  acebinf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acebinf { };
+
   acme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acme { };
 
   acme-tiny = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acme-tiny { };