diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorlover/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorlover/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c2147a6431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorlover/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python, stdenv, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "colorlover";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1clwvssrj007r07prfvkqnpjy3f77dlp584lj879x8mwl8f0japi";
+  };
+
+  # no tests included in distributed archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/jackparmer/colorlover;
+    description = "Color scales in Python for humans";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ globin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a0eb42209d0..f167d50e4ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2932,6 +2932,8 @@ in {
 
   colorama = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorama { };
 
+  colorlover = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorlover { };
+
   CommonMark = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "CommonMark-${version}";
     version = "0.6.3";