diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/chart-studio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/chart-studio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0eed42dc286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/chart-studio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, mock
+, nose
+, plotly
+, pytest
+, requests
+, retrying
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "chart-studio";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  # chart-studio was split from plotly
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "plotly";
+    repo = "plotly.py";
+    rev = "${pname}-v${version}";
+    sha256 = "14lyqbjdffnlnkzlfnn60k7yxjd99vx3hfcs23apsiyinzipjlbf";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/packages/python/chart-studio";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    plotly
+    requests
+    retrying
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock nose pytest ];
+  # most tests talk to a service
+  checkPhase = ''
+    HOME=$TMPDIR pytest chart_studio/tests/test_core chart_studio/tests/test_plot_ly/test_api
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Utilities for interfacing with Plotly's Chart Studio service";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/tree/master/packages/python/chart-studio";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jonringer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 95b26bacef7..670a7179bad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1804,6 +1804,8 @@ in {
 
   characteristic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/characteristic { };
 
+  chart-studio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chart-studio { };
+
   cheetah = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cheetah { };
 
   cherrypy = if isPy3k then