diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/purl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/purl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43fd5b71ca6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/purl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, nose
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "purl";
+  version = "1.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "codeinthehole";
+    repo = "purl";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0vi7xdm2xc1rbqrz5jwpr7x7dnkcrbjf1mb4w1q2c2f8jca0kk0g";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Immutable URL class for easy URL-building and manipulation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/codeinthehole/purl";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jonringer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5064efa558b0..1c40313f70ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ in {
 
   pure-python-adb-homeassistant = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pure-python-adb-homeassistant { };
 
+  purl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/purl { };
+
   pymystem3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymystem3 { };
 
   pymysql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymysql { };