diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fsspec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fsspec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f4b9cf8c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fsspec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fsspec";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0fvm1kdnnbf0pppv23mlfdqh220gcldmv72w2rdxp6ks1rcphzg3";
+  };
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A specification that python filesystems should adhere to.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/intake/filesystem_spec";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6b89401cb95..a89c4bf837b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ in {
 
   filemagic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/filemagic { };
 
+  fsspec = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fsspec { };
+
   fuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fuse-python {
     inherit (pkgs) fuse pkgconfig;
   };