diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/default.nix
index 415e57e5d3c..71960c64a98 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, google-gflags, which
-, lsb-release, glog, protobuf, cbc, zlib, python3 }:
+, lsb-release, glog, protobuf, cbc, zlib
+, ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook, python, swig
+, pythonProtobuf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "or-tools-${version}";
@@ -25,23 +27,36 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     EOF
   '';
 
-  makeFlags = [ "prefix=${placeholder "out"}" ];
-  buildFlags = [ "cc" ];
+  makeFlags = [
+    "prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "PROTOBUF_PYTHON_DESC=${pythonProtobuf}/${python.sitePackages}/google/protobuf/descriptor_pb2.py"
+  ];
+  buildFlags = [ "cc" "pypi_archive" ];
 
   checkTarget = "test_cc";
   doCheck = true;
 
   installTargets = [ "install_cc" ];
+  # The upstream install_python target installs to $HOME.
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$python/${python.sitePackages}"
+    (cd temp_python/ortools; PYTHONPATH="$python/${python.sitePackages}:$PYTHONPATH" python setup.py install '--prefix=$python')
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake lsb-release which zlib python3
+    cmake lsb-release swig which zlib python
+    ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook
+    python.pkgs.setuptools python.pkgs.wheel
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     google-gflags glog protobuf cbc
+    pythonProtobuf python.pkgs.six
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "python" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/google/or-tools;
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/gflags-include.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/gflags-include.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 08f76180638..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/or-tools/gflags-include.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ortools/data/jobshop_scheduling_parser.cc b/ortools/data/jobshop_scheduling_parser.cc
-index cb0a360b..c2f055eb 100644
---- a/ortools/data/jobshop_scheduling_parser.cc
-+++ b/ortools/data/jobshop_scheduling_parser.cc
-@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
- #include "ortools/data/jobshop_scheduling_parser.h"
- 
- #include <cmath>
-+#include <gflags/gflags.h>
- 
- #include "google/protobuf/wrappers.pb.h"
- #include "ortools/base/filelineiter.h"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 90daabcf890..26ad1408070 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21750,7 +21750,9 @@ in
 
   nauty = callPackage ../applications/science/math/nauty {};
 
-  or-tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/or-tools {};
+  or-tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/or-tools {
+    pythonProtobuf = pythonPackages.protobuf;
+  };
 
   rubiks = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/rubiks { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 770ca8b3d0c..86d8ac69d1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -551,6 +551,11 @@ in {
 
   ordered-set = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ordered-set { };
 
+  ortools = (toPythonModule (pkgs.or-tools.override {
+    inherit (self) python;
+    pythonProtobuf = self.protobuf;
+  })).python;
+
   osmnx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/osmnx { };
 
   outcome = callPackage ../development/python-modules/outcome {};