diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/softlayer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/softlayer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6548c3637a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/softlayer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, ptable
+, click
+, requests
+, prompt_toolkit
+, pygments
+, urllib3
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, mock
+, sphinx
+, testtools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "softlayer-python";
+  version = "5.8.4";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ptable click requests prompt_toolkit pygments urllib3 ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestcov mock sphinx testtools ptable click requests prompt_toolkit pygments urllib3 ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "softlayer";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "10kzi7kvvifr21a46q2xqsibs0bx5ys22nfym0bg605ka37vcz88";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A set of Python libraries that assist in calling the SoftLayer API.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e4b32641ce2..fbd7ed48074 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1402,6 +1402,8 @@ in {
     usePython = true;
   });
 
+  softlayer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/softlayer { };
+
   sparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sparse { };
 
   spglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spglib { };