diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsondate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsondate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7888a6df23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsondate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.3";
+  pname = "jsondate";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ilya-kolpakov";
+    repo = "jsondate";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0nhvi48nc0bmad5ncyn6c9yc338krs3xf10bvv55xgz25c5gdgwy";
+    fetchSubmodules = true; # Fetching by tag does not work otherwise
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ilya-kolpakov/jsondate";
+    description = "JSON with datetime handling";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 90d8c177b1e..379b3c8a999 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -24454,6 +24454,8 @@ EOF
   parse-type = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parse-type { };
 
   ephem = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ephem { };
+
+  jsondate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsondate { };
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)