diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-postgresql-netfields/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-postgresql-netfields/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35be6f76147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-postgresql-netfields/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, django
+, netaddr
+, six
+, fetchFromGitHub
+# required for tests
+#, djangorestframework
+#, psycopg2
+#, unittest2
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.2.2";
+  pname = "django-postgresql-netfields";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jimfunk";
+    repo = "${pname}";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1rrh38f3zl3jk5ijs6g75dxxvxygf4lczbgc7ahrgzf58g4a48lm";
+  };
+
+  # tests need a postgres database
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # keeping the dependencies below as comment for reference
+  # checkPhase = ''
+    # python manage.py test
+  # '';
+
+  # buildInputs = [
+    # djangorestframework
+    # psycopg2
+    # unittest2
+  # ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    netaddr
+    six
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Django PostgreSQL netfields implementation";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jimfunk/django-postgresql-netfields;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fe8f6c98a52..cd535c9f3d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3160,6 +3160,8 @@ in {
 
   django_polymorphic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-polymorphic { };
 
+  django-postgresql-netfields = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-postgresql-netfields { };
+
   django-rest-auth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-rest-auth { };
 
   django-sampledatahelper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-sampledatahelper { };