diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yamlordereddictloader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yamlordereddictloader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce9602a4720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yamlordereddictloader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, ordereddict
+, pyyaml
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "yamlordereddictloader";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "03h8wa6pzqjiw25s3jv9gydn77gs444mf31lrgvpgy53kswz0c3z";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml ] ++ lib.optional (isPy27) ordereddict;
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "yamlordereddictloader" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "YAML loader and dump for PyYAML allowing to keep keys order";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fmenabe/python-yamlordereddictloader";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 534e38e397a..ed2d3709e59 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7573,6 +7573,8 @@ in {
 
   yamllint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yamllint { };
 
+  yamlordereddictloader = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yamlordereddictloader { };
+
   yanc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yanc { };
 
   yapf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yapf { };