diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f48310ceebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, attrs, click }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "black";
+  version = "18.4a0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "04dffr4wmzs4vf2xj0cxp03hv04x0kk06qyzx6jjrp1mq0z3n2rr";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ attrs click ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The uncompromising Python code formatter";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/ambv/black;
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sveitser ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 143aa179f91..0753599255d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20178,6 +20178,8 @@ EOF
 
   yapf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yapf { };
 
+  black = callPackage ../development/python-modules/black { };
+
   autobahn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/autobahn { };
 
   jsonref = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonref { };