diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/duecredit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/duecredit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28aaf8ee47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/duecredit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, contextlib2
+, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
+, vcrpy
+, citeproc-py
+, requests
+, setuptools
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "duecredit";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1yxd8579pakrfhq0hls0iy37nxllsm8y33na220g08znibrp7ix0";
+  };
+
+  # bin/duecredit requires setuptools at runtime
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ citeproc-py requests setuptools six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ contextlib2 pytest pytestCheckHook vcrpy ];
+  disabledTests = [ "test_io" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/duecredit/duecredit";
+    description = "Simple framework to embed references in code";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 28700bb631c..1ea7ee18354 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2071,6 +2071,8 @@ in {
 
   dodgy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dodgy { };
 
+  duecredit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/duecredit { };
+
   dugong = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dugong {};
 
   easysnmp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/easysnmp {