diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da4dd410746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, future, six, ecdsa, pycryptodome, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "python-jose-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mpdavis";
+    repo = "python-jose";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0933pbflv2pvws5m0ksz8y1fqr8m123smmrbr5k9a71nssd502sv";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = "py.test .";
+  patches = [
+    # to use pycryptodme instead of pycrypto
+    ./pycryptodome.patch
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future six ecdsa pycryptodome ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose";
+    description = "A JOSE implementation in Python";
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jhhuh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/pycryptodome.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/pycryptodome.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..665ad598034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-jose/pycryptodome.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -ru python-jose-1.3.2/requirements.txt python-jose-1.3.2.new/requirements.txt
+--- python-jose-1.3.2/requirements.txt	2016-09-05 15:13:49.000000000 +0200
++++ python-jose-1.3.2.new/requirements.txt	2017-03-15 11:35:47.118001810 +0100
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+-pycrypto
++pycryptodome
+ six
+ future
+diff -ru python-jose-1.3.2/setup.py python-jose-1.3.2.new/setup.py
+--- python-jose-1.3.2/setup.py	2016-09-05 15:13:49.000000000 +0200
++++ python-jose-1.3.2.new/setup.py	2017-03-15 11:37:15.725077184 +0100
+@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@
+ 
+ 
+ def get_install_requires():
+-    if platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy':
+-        crypto_lib = 'pycryptodome >=3.3.1, <3.4.0'
+-    else:
+-        crypto_lib = 'pycrypto >=2.6.0, <2.7.0'
+     return [
+-        crypto_lib,
++        'pycryptodome >=3.3.1, <3.5.0',
+         'six <2.0',
+         'ecdsa <1.0',
+         'future <1.0',
+diff -ru python-jose-1.3.2/tox.ini python-jose-1.3.2.new/tox.ini
+--- python-jose-1.3.2/tox.ini	2016-09-05 15:13:49.000000000 +0200
++++ python-jose-1.3.2.new/tox.ini	2017-03-15 11:36:50.423055657 +0100
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+     py.test --cov-report term-missing --cov jose
+ deps =
+     future
+-    pycrypto
++    pycryptodome
+     ecdsa
+     pytest
+     pytest-cov
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 99a797ea509..9be1e5d38ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5063,6 +5063,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  python-jose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-jose {};
+
   pyhepmc = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyhepmc-${version}";
     version = "0.5.0";
@@ -19725,7 +19727,6 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
   Babel = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "Babel-2.3.4";