diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hdfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hdfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05faf08bc5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hdfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, docopt
+, fastavro
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+, nose
+, pytestCheckHook
+, requests
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hdfs";
+  # See https://github.com/mtth/hdfs/issues/176.
+  version = "2.5.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mtth";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-94Q3IUoX1Cb+uRqvsfpVZJ1koJSx5cQ3/XpYJ0gkQNU=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docopt requests six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ fastavro nose pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "hdfs" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python API and command line interface for HDFS";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mtth/hdfs";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ samuela ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 46d5eefe0ecb..10c51cac342e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3470,6 +3470,8 @@ in {
 
   hdbscan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hdbscan { };
 
+  hdfs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hdfs { };
+
   hdlparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hdlparse { };
 
   hdmedians = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hdmedians { };