diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydotplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydotplus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db924e48998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydotplus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyparsing
+, graphviz
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "pydotplus";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1i05cnk3yh722fdyaq0asr7z9xf7v7ikbmnpxa8j6pdqx6g5xs4i";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyparsing
+    graphviz
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/pydot/;
+    description = "An improved version of the old pydot project that provides a Python Interface to Graphviz’s Dot language";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 02ae205b708..ce3a38e80fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6271,6 +6271,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.stdenv) mkDerivation;
   };
 
+  pydotplus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydotplus { };
+
   pyphen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyphen {};
 
   pypoppler = buildPythonPackage rec {