diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/authheaders/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/authheaders/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdb478bc143b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/authheaders/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27, lib
+, authres, dnspython, dkimpy, ipaddress, publicsuffix
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "authheaders";
+  version = "0.12.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0hf1p6ws3jma608pmcb5qsl58xg33wz2s51qqzi9zix0llcnyc97";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ authres dnspython dkimpy publicsuffix ]
+                          ++ lib.optional isPy27 ipaddress;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python library for the generation of email authentication headers";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ValiMail/authentication-headers;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dc0727594c2c..f4110e96f3d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) augeas;
   };
 
+  authheaders = callPackage ../development/python-modules/authheaders { };
+
   authres = callPackage ../development/python-modules/authres { };
 
   autograd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/autograd { };