diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose-cov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose-cov/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d3d6179ae63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nose-cov/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, lib, nose, covCore }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nose-cov";
+  version = "1.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "04j4fw01bv648gimqqj4z88606lcczbm1k326agcc74gb4sh7v4b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose covCore ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://pypi.org/project/nose-cov/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    description = "This plugin produces coverage reports. It also supports coverage of subprocesses.";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ma27 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c413ae1b47e5..aa8b214997a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2966,6 +2966,8 @@ in {
 
   nose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose { };
 
+  nose-cov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose-cov { };
+
   nose-exclude = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose-exclude { };
 
   nose2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose2 { };