diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rawkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rawkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8be12b2669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rawkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage
+, libraw
+, pytest, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rawkit";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0vrhrpr70i61y5q5ysk341x1539ff1q1k82g59zq69lv16s0f76s";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libraw ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "CTypes based LibRaw bindings for Python";
+    homepage = https://rawkit.readthedocs.org/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfrankenau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c6c55deb5d3..2bd19dc8ce3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4280,6 +4280,8 @@ in {
 
   raven = callPackage ../development/python-modules/raven { };
 
+  rawkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rawkit { };
+
   rethinkdb = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "rethinkdb-${version}";
     version = "2.3.0.post6";