diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-image/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-image/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15a13b2ff71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-image/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, dask
+, numpy, toolz # dask[array]
+, scipy
+, pims
+, pytest
+, scikitimage
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  pname = "dask-image";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e6294ac577a8fc0abec2b97a2c42d404f599feac61d6899bdf1bf2b7cfb0e015";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest scikitimage ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dask numpy toolz scipy pims ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dask/dask-image;
+    description = "Distributed image processing";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d32b42c1950..2f14c295c8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1990,6 +1990,8 @@ in {
 
   dask-glm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-glm { };
 
+  dask-image = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-image { };
+
   dask-jobqueue = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-jobqueue { };
 
   dask-ml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-ml { };