diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/amazon_kclpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amazon_kclpy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a405b575b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amazon_kclpy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, python, mock, boto, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "amazon_kclpy";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "awslabs";
+    repo = "amazon-kinesis-client-python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1qg86y9172gm5592ja7lr6w7kfnx668j99bf3ijklpk5yshxwr9m";
+  };
+
+  # argparse is just required for python2.6
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'argparse'," ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs =  [ mock boto ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client-python;
+    license = licenses.amazonsl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ psyanticy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0a230853087..031746346b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ in {
 
   # packages defined elsewhere
 
+  amazon_kclpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amazon_kclpy { };
+
   backports_csv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_csv {};
 
   bap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bap {