diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-discover-runner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-discover-runner/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d25d9e79947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-discover-runner/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, django
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.0";
+  pname = "django-discover-runner";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ba91fe722c256bcbfdeb36fac7eac0f27e5bfda55d98c4c1cf9ab62b5b084fe";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+
+  # tests not included with release
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/jezdez/django-discover-runner;
+    description = "A Django test runner based on unittest2's test discovery";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 11f5f74551c..5981a5ce05c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2055,6 +2055,8 @@ in {
 
   django_contrib_comments = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_contrib_comments { };
 
+  django-discover-runner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-discover-runner { };
+
   django_environ = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_environ { };
 
   django_evolution = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django_evolution { };