diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bbaa0b1b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/coreapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  django,
+  coreschema,
+  itypes,
+  uritemplate,
+  requests,
+  pytest,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "coreapi";
+  version = "2.3.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "python-client";
+    owner = "core-api";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1c6chm3q3hyn8fmjv23qgc79ai1kr3xvrrkp4clbqkssn10k7mcw";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    coreschema
+    itypes
+    uritemplate
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    mv coreapi coreapi.hidden
+    pytest tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python client library for Core API";
+    homepage = https://github.com/core-api/python-client;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ivegotasthma ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 23d64541032..bd1f503ddea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1800,6 +1800,8 @@ in {
 
   cookies = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cookies { };
 
+  coreapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coreapi { };
+
   coreschema = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coreschema { };
 
   coveralls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coveralls { };