diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhocon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhocon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac4af42851c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhocon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+# Runtime inputs:
+, pyparsing
+# Check inputs:
+, pytest
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyhocon";
+  version = "0.3.51";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "10l014br012fa583rnj3wqf6g9gmljamcwpw4snqwwg15i0dmkll";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
+
+  # Tests fail because necessary data files aren't packaged for PyPi yet.
+  # See https://github.com/chimpler/pyhocon/pull/203
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/chimpler/pyhocon/;
+    description = "HOCON parser for Python";
+    # Long description copied from
+    # https://github.com/chimpler/pyhocon/blob/55a9ea3ebeeac5764bdebebfbeacbf099f64db26/setup.py
+    # (the tip of master as of 2019-03-24).
+    longDescription = ''
+      A HOCON parser for Python. It additionally provides a tool
+      (pyhocon) to convert any HOCON content into json, yaml and properties
+      format
+    '';
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.chreekat ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 30e796ee1d3..81fc4e8dd05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3930,6 +3930,8 @@ in {
 
   purepng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/purepng { };
 
+  pyhocon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhocon { };
+
   pymaging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymaging { };
 
   pymaging_png = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymaging_png { };