diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/prov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prov/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ce40f92fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prov/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lxml
+, networkx
+, dateutil
+, six
+, pydotplus
+, rdflib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "prov";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vkpayns0mf7i2357vxyvi2n5h5xsyg56ik2yqgrc91k3gx4x9wn";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    lxml
+    networkx
+    dateutil
+    six
+    pydotplus
+    rdflib
+  ];
+  doCheck = false; # takes forever!
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ce3a38e80fc..1895795133f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6174,6 +6174,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  prov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/prov { };
+
   pudb = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pudb-2016.2";