diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index e8d6293ea97e..2adc1e006d16 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@
   wscott = "Wayne Scott <wsc9tt@gmail.com>";
   wyvie = "Elijah Rum <elijahrum@gmail.com>";
   xnwdd = "Guillermo NWDD <nwdd+nixos@no.team>";
+  xvapx = "Marti Serra <marti.serra.coscollano@gmail.com>";
   xwvvvvwx = "David Terry <davidterry@posteo.de>";
   yarr = "Dmitry V. <savraz@gmail.com>";
   yochai = "Yochai <yochai@titat.info>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libnacl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libnacl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0aa3ed29f20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libnacl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, libsodium }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "libnacl";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ph042x0cfysj16mmjif40pxn505rg5c9n94s972dgc0mfgvrwhs";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libsodium ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace "./libnacl/__init__.py" --replace "ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('libsodium.so')" "ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('${libsodium}/lib/libsodium.so')"
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ xvapx ];
+    description = "Python bindings for libsodium based on ctypes";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/libnacl";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 076858cb6c0f..cf06f64421e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13915,6 +13915,10 @@ in {
     clblas = pkgs.clblas-cuda;
   };
 
+  libnacl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libnacl/default.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) libsodium;
+  };
+
   libplist = if isPy3k then throw "libplist not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else
     (pkgs.libplist.override{python2Packages=self; }).py;