diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0ccef3c959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google_cloud_core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, google_api_core, grpcio, pytest, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "google-cloud-core";
+  version = "0.28.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1h8bx99ksla48zkb7bhkqy66b8prg49dp15alh851vzi9ii2zii7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ google_api_core grpcio ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "API Client library for Google Cloud: Core Helpers";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanschelven ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 60765cba2e4..1845510de19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9099,6 +9099,8 @@ in {
 
   google_auth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/google_auth { };
 
+  google_cloud_core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/google_cloud_core { };
+
   grammalecte = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grammalecte { };
 
   greenlet = buildPythonPackage rec {