diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libcloud/2.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libcloud/2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e680e45391f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libcloud/2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, mock
+, pycrypto
+, requests
+, pytestrunner
+, pytest
+, requests-mock
+, typing
+, backports_ssl_match_hostname
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "apache-libcloud";
+  version = "2.8.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1wvm8vixhcapkfv5k6xaf8c8w647kx2rdifarg6j0s34r4jzblfg";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock pytest pytestrunner requests-mock ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pycrypto requests ]
+    ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [ typing backports_ssl_match_hostname ];
+
+  preConfigure = "cp libcloud/test/secrets.py-dist libcloud/test/secrets.py";
+
+  # requires a certificates file
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A unified interface to many cloud providers";
+    homepage = "http://incubator.apache.org/libcloud/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7ca53e402d6..76067f7559f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4342,7 +4342,10 @@ in {
 
   libarcus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libarcus { inherit (pkgs) protobuf; };
 
-  libcloud = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libcloud { };
+  libcloud = if isPy27 then
+      callPackage ../development/python-modules/libcloud/2.nix { }
+    else
+      callPackage ../development/python-modules/libcloud { };
 
   libgpuarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libgpuarray {
     clblas = pkgs.clblas.override { boost = self.boost; };