diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a240ea21e3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pycosat
+, requests
+, ruamel_yaml
+, isPy3k
+, enum34
+}:
+
+# Note: this installs conda as a library. The application cannot be used.
+# This is likely therefore NOT what you're looking for.
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "conda";
+  version = "4.3.16";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a91ef821343dea3ba9670f3d10b36c1ace4f4c36d70c175d8fc8886e94285953";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pycosat requests ruamel_yaml ] ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) enum34;
+
+  # No tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "OS-agnostic, system-level binary package manager";
+    homepage = https://github.com/conda/conda;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 76a00a055d17..9c1cc710c13a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2842,6 +2842,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  conda = callPackage ../development/python-modules/conda { };
 
   configobj = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "configobj-5.0.6";