diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6aa43989aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_api_core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, google_auth, protobuf, googleapis_common_protos, requests, grpcio, setuptools, mock, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "google-api-core";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0qmjswj079w7q7zbnh8p4n2r3f831wymm9hfdlc7zfrini7184xv";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ google_auth protobuf googleapis_common_protos requests grpcio ];
+  checkInputs = [ setuptools mock pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "This library is not meant to stand-alone. Instead it defines common helpers used by all Google API clients.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanschelven ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eaef6241136..60765cba2e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9047,6 +9047,8 @@ in {
 
   googleapis_common_protos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/googleapis_common_protos { };
 
+  google_api_core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/google_api_core { };
+
   google_api_python_client = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "google-api-python-client-${version}";
     version = "1.5.1";