diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/svglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svglib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c986b9108b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/svglib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, cssselect2
+, lxml
+, pillow
+, pytest
+, reportlab
+, tinycss2
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "svglib";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b17d4a6352f6c25ca3718d2b66a2f1ecfcdf558b1f6646c37f5c191b655979f1";
+  };
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    cssselect2
+    lxml
+    pillow
+    reportlab
+    tinycss2
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  # Ignore tests that require network access (TestWikipediaFlags and TestW3CSVG), and tests that
+  # require files missing in the 1.0.0 PyPI release (TestOtherFiles).
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test svglib tests -k 'not TestWikipediaFlags and not TestW3CSVG and not TestOtherFiles'
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/deeplook/svglib";
+    description = "A pure-Python library for reading and converting SVG";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ trepetti ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5affc624e9f7..76e5fd9dcd1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6550,6 +6550,8 @@ in {
 
   stevedore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stevedore {};
 
+  svglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/svglib { };
+
   text-unidecode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/text-unidecode { };
 
   Theano = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Theano rec {