diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-utils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cae3f34f0c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-utils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, pytest, eth-hash, eth-typing,
+  cytoolz, hypothesis }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "eth-utils";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  # Tests are missing from the PyPI source tarball so let's use GitHub
+  # https://github.com/ethereum/eth-utils/issues/130
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ethereum";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0g8f5vdjh7qd8kgsqqd9qkm6m79rx3w9yp0rf9vpdsv3xfzrkh1w";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest hypothesis ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ eth-hash eth-typing cytoolz ];
+
+  # setuptools-markdown uses pypandoc which is broken at the moment
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \'setuptools-markdown\' ""
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest .
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Common utility functions for codebases which interact with ethereum";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ethereum/eth-utils;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a2419d74b1a2..e74d264d6028 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1659,6 +1659,8 @@ in {
 
   eth-typing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eth-typing { };
 
+  eth-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eth-utils { };
+
   jsonrpc-async = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonrpc-async { };
 
   jsonrpc-base = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base { };