diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-gitlab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-gitlab/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24ab69f1a0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-gitlab/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests, six, mock, httmock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname   = "python-gitlab";
+  version = "1.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "20ceb9232f9a412ce6554056a6b5039013d0755261d57b5c8ada7035773de795";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock httmock ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Interact with GitLab API";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/python-gitlab/python-gitlab;
+    license     = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nyanloutre ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3d73c3d04b41..7e8bd2c3448a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1626,6 +1626,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.gitAndTools) git-annex;
   };
 
+  python-gitlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-gitlab { };
+
   google-cloud-sdk = callPackage ../tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk { };
   google-cloud-sdk-gce = callPackage ../tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk { with-gce=true; };