diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-applicationinsights/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-applicationinsights/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74f7cf61b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-applicationinsights/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, azure-common
+, msrest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "azure-applicationinsights";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "6e1839169bb6ffd2d2c21ee3f4afbdd068ea428ad47cf884ea3167ecf7fd0859";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    azure-common
+    msrest
+  ];
+
+  # has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "This is the Microsoft Azure Application Insights Client Library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/master/azure-applicotioninsights;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mwilsoninsight ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b8e85d775f5..32f5cb1eb14 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ in {
 
   azure-cosmos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-cosmos { };
 
+  azure-applicationinsights = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-applicationinsights { };
+
   azure-mgmt-common = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-common { };
 
   azure-mgmt-compute = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-mgmt-compute { };