diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4eb3a33926f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, pbr, requests
+, pytest, pytestpep8, waitress }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "requests-unixsocket";
+  version = "0.1.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0k19knydh0fzd7w12lfy18arl1ndwa0zln33vsb37yv1iw9w06x9";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pbr ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestpep8 waitress ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Use requests to talk HTTP via a UNIX domain socket";
+    homepage = https://github.com/msabramo/requests-unixsocket;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.catern ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eea50ebd3eb..238652d3706 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3550,6 +3550,8 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
+  requests-unixsocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket {};
+
   howdoi = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "howdoi-${version}";
     version = "1.1.7";