diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 5948944aa23f..586706d53e70 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -2615,6 +2615,12 @@
     githubId = 9705357;
     name = "Guillaume Bouchard";
   };
+  GuillaumeDesforges = {
+    email = "aceus02@gmail.com";
+    github = "GuillaumeDesforges";
+    githubId = 1882000;
+    name = "Guillaume Desforges";
+  };
   guillaumekoenig = {
     email = "guillaume.edward.koenig@gmail.com";
     github = "guillaumekoenig";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geopy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geopy/default.nix
index 3a9e8b86c917..817c1e38418e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geopy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geopy/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
 { stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, isPy27
-, mock
-, tox
-, pylint
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k
+, geographiclib
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "geopy";
-  version = "1.20.0";
-  disabled = !isPy27;
+  pname = "geopy-unstable";
+  version = "2019-11-10";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "9419bc90ee6231590c4ae7acf1cf126cefbd0736942da7a6a1436946e80830e2";
+  disabled = !isPy3k; # only Python 3
+  doCheck = false; # Needs network access
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ geographiclib ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "geopy";
+    repo = "geopy";
+    rev = "531b7de6126838a3e69370227aa7f2086ba52b89";
+    sha256 = "07l1pblzg3hb3dbvd9rq8x78ly5dv0zxbc5hwskqil0bhv5v1p39";
   };
 
-  doCheck = false;  # too much
-
-  buildInputs = [ mock tox pylint ];
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/geopy/geopy";
     description = "Python Geocoding Toolbox";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    broken = true;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [GuillaumeDesforges];
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f9df5646d8eb..a815cfa141ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4877,7 +4877,9 @@ in {
 
   geographiclib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geographiclib { };
 
-  geopy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geopy { };
+  geopy = if isPy3k
+    then callPackage ../development/python-modules/geopy { }
+    else callPackage ../development/python-modules/geopy/2.nix { };
 
   django-haystack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-haystack { };