diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/querystring-parser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/querystring-parser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9d04a8f797c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/querystring-parser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python, isPy27
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "querystring_parser";
+  version = "1.2.4";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "644fce1cffe0530453b43a83a38094dbe422ccba8c9b2f2a1c00280e14ca8a62";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = "${python.interpreter} querystring_parser/tests.py -k 'not test_parse_normalized'";
+  # one test fails due to https://github.com/bernii/querystring-parser/issues/35
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bernii/querystring-parser";
+    description = "QueryString parser for Python/Django that correctly handles nested dictionaries";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tbenst ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c27b05d8a1ab..9399fdd0cbd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5264,6 +5264,8 @@ in {
   # alias for an older package which did not support Python 3
   Quandl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quandl { };
 
+  querystring_parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/querystring-parser { };
+
   qscintilla-qt4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qscintilla { };
 
   qscintilla-qt5 = pkgs.libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/python-modules/qscintilla-qt5 {