diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca78b0806f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python-dateutil
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bson";
+  version = "0.5.10";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "14355m3dchz446fl54ym78bn4wi20hddx1614f8rl4sin0m1nlfn";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    python-dateutil
+    six
+  ];
+
+  # 0.5.10 was not tagged, https://github.com/py-bson/bson/issues/108
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bson" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "BSON codec for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/py-bson/bson";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 89cfeeeaad1d..db00b806fb14 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1218,6 +1218,8 @@ in {
 
   bsblan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bsblan { };
 
+  bson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bson { };
+
   btchip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btchip { };
 
   bt_proximity = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bt-proximity { };