diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ee73975272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, krb5 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pykerberos";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0v47p840myqgc7hr4lir72xshcfpa0w8j9n077h3njpqyn6wlbag";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ krb5 ];
+
+  # there are no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "High-level interface to Kerberos";
+    license     = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ catern ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c85af34cb12..14f0215a003 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.llvmPackages) openmp;
   };
 
+  pykerberos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykerberos { };
+
   pynisher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynisher { };
 
   pyparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyparser { };