diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dpath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dpath/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b878f7d5e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dpath/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage
+, mock, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dpath";
+  version = "1.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0gr7816pnzbyh9h1ia0qz0q1f9zfzacwb8dc36js8hw8x14myqqg";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock nose ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/akesterson/dpath-python;
+    license = [ licenses.mit ];
+    description = "A python library for accessing and searching dictionaries via /slashed/paths ala xpath";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mmlb ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6c5870b529c1..4b7ee3c2e6c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1482,6 +1482,8 @@ in {
 
   dopy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dopy { };
 
+  dpath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dpath { };
+
   dpkt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dpkt {};
 
   urllib3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urllib3 {};