diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/habanero/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/habanero/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09d82d74f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/habanero/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+, nose, vcrpy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "habanero";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  # Install from Pypi is failing because of a missing file (Changelog.rst)
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sckott";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1l2cgl6iiq8jff2w2pib6w8dwaj8344crhwsni2zzq0p44dwi13d";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose vcrpy ];
+  checkPhase = "make test";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python interface to Library Genesis";
+    homepage = http://habanero.readthedocs.io/en/latest/;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cc635ec627a..32b61e854f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ in {
     hdf5 = pkgs.hdf5-mpi;
   };
 
+  habanero = callPackage ../development/python-modules/habanero { };
+
   intelhex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/intelhex { };
 
   lmtpd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lmtpd { };