diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3f5a17b0641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, bzip2
+, db4
+, gdbm
+, libX11, xproto
+, ncurses
+, openssl
+, readline
+, sqlite
+, tcl, tk
+, zlib
+}:
+
+assert readline != null -> ncurses != null;
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+let
+  majorVersion = "3.2";
+  version = "${majorVersion}.5";
+
+  buildInputs = filter (p: p != null) [
+    zlib bzip2 gdbm sqlite db4 readline ncurses openssl tcl tk libX11 xproto
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "python3-${version}";
+  inherit majorVersion version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0pxs234g08v3lar09lvzxw4vqdpwkbqmvkv894j2w7aklskcjd6v";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do	# improve purity
+      substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
+    done
+    ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -msse2"''}
+
+    configureFlagsArray=( --enable-shared --with-threads
+                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p}/include") buildInputs)}"
+                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p}/lib") buildInputs)}"
+                          LIBS="-lcrypt ${optionalString (ncurses != null) "-lncurses"}"
+                        )
+  '';
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -rf "$out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test"
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    zlibSupport = zlib != null;
+    sqliteSupport = sqlite != null;
+    db4Support = db4 != null;
+    readlineSupport = readline != null;
+    opensslSupport = openssl != null;
+    tkSupport = (tk != null) && (tcl != null) && (libX11 != null) && (xproto != null);
+    libPrefix = "python${majorVersion}m";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://python.org";
+    description = "a high-level dynamically-typed programming language";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that
+      is used in a wide variety of application domains. Some of its key
+      distinguishing features include: clear, readable syntax; strong
+      introspection capabilities; intuitive object orientation; natural
+      expression of procedural code; full modularity, supporting
+      hierarchical packages; exception-based error handling; and very
+      high level dynamic data types.
+    '';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.psfl;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ simons chaoflow ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6fa34bf54ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+addPythonPath() {
+    addToSearchPathWithCustomDelimiter : PYTHONPATH $1/lib/python3.2/site-packages
+}
+
+toPythonPath() {
+    local paths="$1"
+    local result=
+    for i in $paths; do
+        p="$i/lib/python3.2/site-packages"
+        result="${result}${result:+:}$p"
+    done
+    echo $result
+}
+
+envHooks=(${envHooks[@]} addPythonPath)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fab5abd9c496..aa8586d185c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3091,6 +3091,7 @@ let
 
   python3 = hiPrio (callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/3.3 { });
   python33 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/3.3 { };
+  python32 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/3.2 { };
 
   python = python27;
   python26 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/2.6 { };