diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httplib2shim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httplib2shim/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b11ceba962db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httplib2shim/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  certifi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  httplib2,
+  nix-update-script,
+  setuptools,
+  six,
+  urllib3,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "httplib2shim";
+  version = "0.0.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GoogleCloudPlatform";
+    repo = "httplib2shim";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-1dBrO8vkqJKsz+ADZNRtjUr+eVRGdt4iN1GFrse1sFc=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    certifi
+    httplib2
+    six
+    urllib3
+  ];
+
+  # Tests require a network access
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "httplib2shim" ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Urllib3 sanity for httplib2 users";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/httplib2shim";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d48d59c04d0d..376409fed21d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7671,6 +7671,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   httplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httplib2 { };
 
+  httplib2shim = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httplib2shim { };
+
   httpretty = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpretty { };
 
   httpserver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpserver { };