diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cdcs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cdcs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9dd8a272395b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cdcs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numpy
+, pandas
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.5";
+  pname = "cdcs";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "usnistgov";
+    repo = "pycdcs";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0sd0s0mka2bvpxxiz98cjc2h5ncsb7d03af1q3w9w8pmvfsgj7pc";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+    pandas
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  # Project has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "cdcs"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python client for performing REST calls to configurable data curation system (CDCS) databases";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/usnistgov/pycdcs";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c63a35749259..734d1c80281e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1409,6 +1409,8 @@ in {
 
   cchardet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cchardet { };
 
+  cdcs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cdcs { };
+
   celery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/celery { };
 
   cement = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cement { };