diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxbe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxbe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c101ccdc3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxbe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyxbe";
+  version = "unstable-2021-01-10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mborgerson";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "a7ae1bb21b02a57783831eb080c1edbafaad1d5d";
+    sha256 = "1cp9a5f41z8j7bzip6nhka8qnxs12v75cdf80sk2nzgf1k15wi2p";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # Update location for run with pytest
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_load.py \
+      --replace "'xbefiles'" "'tests/xbefiles'"
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "xbe" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Library to work with XBE files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mborgerson/pyxbe";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f461f089422..c5e659fe91ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7005,6 +7005,8 @@ in {
 
   pyx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyx { };
 
+  pyxbe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxbe { };
+
   pyxdg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxdg { };
 
   pyxeoma = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyxeoma { };