diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vivisect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vivisect/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d86f2ffbd99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vivisect/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+, fetchPypi
+, pyasn1
+, pyasn1-modules
+, cxxfilt
+, msgpack
+, pycparser
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "vivisect";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ed5e8c24684841d30dc7b41f2bee87c0198816a453417ae2e130b7845ccb2629";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyasn1
+    pyasn1-modules
+    cxxfilt
+    msgpack
+    pycparser
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed "s@==.*'@'@" -i setup.py
+  '';
+
+  # requires another repo for test files
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "vivisect"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure python disassembler, debugger, emulator, and static analysis framework";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vivisect/vivisect";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3cea2db7e944..cf06b199979f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8873,6 +8873,8 @@ in {
 
   vispy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vispy { };
 
+  vivisect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vivisect { };
+
   vmprof = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vmprof { };
 
   vncdo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vncdo { };