diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/omegaconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/omegaconf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4219aad3865f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/omegaconf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pythonOlder
+, pytest, pytestrunner, pyyaml, six, pathlib2, isPy27 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "omegaconf";
+  version = "1.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "omry";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1vpcdjlq54pm8xmkv2hqm2n1ysvz2a9iqgf55x0w6slrb4595cwb";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  buildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyyaml six ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional isPy27 pathlib2;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A framework for configuring complex applications";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/omry/omegaconf";
+    license = licenses.free;  # prior bsd license (1988)
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 78e598e8b36d..c2c5f20cde16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4402,6 +4402,8 @@ in {
 
   od = callPackage ../development/python-modules/od { };
 
+  omegaconf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/omegaconf { };
+
   orderedset = callPackage ../development/python-modules/orderedset { };
 
   python-multipart = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-multipart { };