diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ca2e88da94e4..24bdb9b8f12e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -31330,6 +31330,27 @@ in {
   zeitgeist = if isPy3k then throw "zeitgeist not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else
     (pkgs.zeitgeist.override{python2Packages=self;}).py;
 
+  zipfile36 = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    pname = "zipfile36";
+    version = "0.1.3";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "a78a8dddf4fa114f7fe73df76ffcce7538e23433b7a6a96c1c904023f122aead";
+    };
+
+    checkPhase = ''
+      ${python.interpreter} -m unittest test_zipfile.py
+    '';
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Read and write ZIP files - backport of the zipfile module from Python 3.6";
+      homepage = https://gitlab.com/takluyver/zipfile36;
+      license = licenses.psfl;
+      maintainer = maintainers.fridh;
+    };
+  };
 
 });