diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 24bdb9b8f12..85feb55ffa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21731,6 +21731,27 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  requests_download = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    pname = "requests_download";
+    version = "0.1.1";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+    format = "wheel";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/60/af/10f899f0574a81cbc511124c08d7c7dc46c20d4f956a6a3c793ad4330bb4/requests_download-0.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl;
+      sha256 = "07832a93314bcd619aaeb08611ae245728e66672efb930bc2a300a115a47dab7";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests2 ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Download files using requests and save them to a target path";
+      homepage = https://www.github.com/takluyver/requests_download;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainer = maintainers.fridh;
+    };
+  };
 
   requests_oauthlib = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.4.1";