diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flickrapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flickrapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88dfff3aa8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flickrapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, requests
+, requests_toolbelt
+, requests_oauthlib
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+, pytestcov
+, responses
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname   = "flickrapi";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "03g2z21k6nhxgwysjrgnxj9m1yg25mnnkr10gpyfhfkd9w77pcpz";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests requests_toolbelt requests_oauthlib ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner pytestcov responses ];
+  doCheck = false; # Otherwise:
+  # ========================= no tests ran in 0.01 seconds =========================
+  # builder for '/nix/store/c8a58v6aa18zci08q2l53s12ywn8jqhq-python3.6-flickrapi-2.4.0.drv' failed with exit code 5
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python interface to the Flickr API";
+    homepage    = https://stuvel.eu/flickrapi;
+    license     = lib.licenses.psfl;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ obadz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 374d00726b7..d3ec3961f7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5395,6 +5395,8 @@ in {
   casttube = callPackage ../development/python-modules/casttube { };
 
   lzstring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lzstring { };
+
+  flickrapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flickrapi { };
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)