diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb3fb784dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+, testfixtures, mock, requests_toolbelt
+, betamax, betamax-serializers, betamax-matchers
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "prawcore";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "praw-dev";
+    repo = "prawcore";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1z5fz6v4bv6xw84l4q3rpw3j63bb2dldl0fd6ckz8wqlpb2l45br";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    testfixtures
+    mock
+    betamax
+    betamax-serializers
+    betamax-matchers
+    requests_toolbelt
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Low-level communication layer for PRAW";
+    homepage = http://praw.readthedocs.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8cc46bc2589..dbfb52b1fad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15095,6 +15095,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  prawcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/prawcore { };
+
   premailer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/premailer { };
 
   prettytable = buildPythonPackage rec {