diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packvers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packvers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aae2c0246362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packvers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pretend
+, pyparsing
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "packvers";
+  version = "21.5";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nexB";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-nCSYL0g7mXi9pGFt24pOXbmmYsaRuB+rRZrygf8DTLE=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyparsing
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pretend
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "packvers"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module for version handling of modules";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/dparse2";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nexB/packvers/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* and */ bsd2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8f185b18634d..039092eab272 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6662,6 +6662,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   packet-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/packet-python { };
 
+  packvers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/packvers { };
+
   pafy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pafy { };
 
   pagelabels = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pagelabels { };