diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dockerfile-parse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dockerfile-parse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8ecbceb5e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dockerfile-parse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, six, pytestcov, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.0.13";
+  pname = "dockerfile-parse";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1p0x81q3m3nlj4rqal9a959xcbjhncb548wd4wr3l7dpiajqqc9c";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    echo " " > tests/requirements.txt \
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestcov pytest ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python library for parsing Dockerfile files";
+    homepage = https://github.com/DBuildService/dockerfile-parse;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ leenaars ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 96fe331e7488..9a837bca4654 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1745,6 +1745,8 @@ in {
 
   docker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docker {};
 
+  dockerfile-parse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dockerfile-parse {};
+
   docker-py = disabledIf isPy27 (callPackage ../development/python-modules/docker-py {});
 
   dockerpty = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dockerpty {};