diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markupsafe/1.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markupsafe/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae0878c7a972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markupsafe/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "MarkupSafe";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+ src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "29872e92839765e546828bb7754a68c418d927cd064fd4708fab9fe9c8bb116b";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Implements a XML/HTML/XHTML Markup safe string";
+    homepage = "http://dev.pocoo.org";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index bc37fd28db08..96de4cdb5afb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   markdown = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markdown/3_1.nix { };
 
+  markupsafe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markupsafe/1.nix { };
+
   matplotlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/matplotlib/2.nix {
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin then pkgs.clangStdenv else pkgs.stdenv;
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;