diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelgladeextractor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelgladeextractor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40c2493c1510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/babelgladeextractor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, Babel
+, lxml
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "babelgladeextractor";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "BabelGladeExtractor";
+    inherit version;
+    extension = "tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "18m5vi3sj2h26ibmb6fzfjs2lscg757ivk1bjgkn1haf9gdwyjj6";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    Babel
+    lxml # TODO: remove in 0.7.0
+  ];
+
+  # Tests missing
+  # https://github.com/gnome-keysign/babel-glade/issues/5
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gnome-keysign/babel-glade";
+    description = "Babel Glade XML files translatable strings extractor";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 478a9ed5077b..3734a967ec74 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4516,6 +4516,8 @@ in {
 
   Babel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Babel { };
 
+  babelgladeextractor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/babelgladeextractor { };
+
   pybfd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybfd { };
 
   pybigwig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybigwig { };