diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-tensorboard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-tensorboard/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f48b8fb971a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorflow-tensorboard/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+, bleach_1_5_0
+, numpy
+, werkzeug
+, protobuf
+, markdown
+}:
+
+# tensorflow is built from a downloaded wheel, because the upstream
+# project's build system is an arcane beast based on
+# bazel. Untangling it and building the wheel from source is an open
+# problem.
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tensorflow-tensorboard";
+  version = "0.1.5";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  format = "wheel";
+
+  src = fetchPypi ({
+    pname = "tensorflow_tensorboard";
+    inherit version;
+    format = "wheel";
+  } // (if isPy3k then {
+    python = "py3";
+    sha256 = "0sfia05y1mzgy371faj96vgzhag1rgpa3gnbz9w1fay13jryw26x";
+  } else {
+    python = "py2";
+    sha256 = "0qx4f55zp54x079kxir4zz5b1ckiglsdcb9afz5wcdj6af4a6czg";
+  }));
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ bleach_1_5_0 numpy werkzeug protobuf markdown ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "TensorFlow helps the tensors flow";
+    homepage = http://tensorflow.org;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5c9e5a1e59ec..78394e5e88fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -26085,6 +26085,8 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
+  tensorflow-tensorboard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tensorflow-tensorboard { };
+
   tensorflow = self.tensorflowWithoutCuda;
 
   tensorflowWithoutCuda = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tensorflow { };