diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 8a5845cafe3..0aa91a31313 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@
     github = "andir";
     name = "Andreas Rammhold";
   };
+  andreabedini = {
+    email = "andrea@kzn.io";
+    github = "andreabedini";
+    name = "Andrea Bedini";
+  };
   andres = {
     email = "ksnixos@andres-loeh.de";
     github = "kosmikus";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..514ccc7f619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, boto3
+, enum34
+, jsonschema
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aws-sam-translator";
+  version = "1.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "9d8a25e058c78d2cef5c07aec7f98cbc2070dbfc2eb6a2e102a16beafd14e3ca";
+  };
+
+  # Tests are not included in the PyPI package
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    boto3
+    enum34
+    jsonschema
+    six
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model;
+    description = "Python library to transform SAM templates into AWS CloudFormation templates";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.andreabedini ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5aea6571d2b..a2b0b218a4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ in {
 
   automat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/automat { };
 
+  aws-sam-translator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator { };
+
   aws-xray-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk { };
 
   # packages defined elsewhere