diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glymur/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glymur/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3da367c445fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glymur/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numpy
+, setuptools
+, python
+, scikitimage
+, openjpeg
+, procps
+, contextlib2
+, mock
+, importlib-resources
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "glymur";
+  version = "0.8.18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "quintusdias";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1zbghzw1q4fljb019lsrhka9xrnn4425qnxrjbmbv7dssgkkywd7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional isPy27 [ contextlib2 mock importlib-resources ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    scikitimage
+    procps
+  ];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace glymur/config.py \
+    --replace "path = read_config_file(libname)" "path = '${openjpeg}/lib' + libname + ${if stdenv.isDarwin then "'.dylib'" else "'.so'"}"
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Tools for accessing JPEG2000 files";
+    homepage = https://github.com/quintusdias/glymur;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d9acf2bec2fc..cae06c67d137 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@ in {
 
   globus-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/globus-sdk { };
 
+  glymur = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glymur { };
+
   glom = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glom { };
 
   goocalendar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/goocalendar { };