diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dacite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dacite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67b1722be51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dacite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dacite";
+  version = "1.6.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "konradhalas";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0nv2bnj3bq2v08ac4p583cnpjq2d6bv5isycgji5i5wg1y082a3d";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "dacite" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python helper to create data classes from dictionaries";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/konradhalas/dacite";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 68ce1c351608..c62b48906c76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1770,6 +1770,8 @@ in {
 
   d2to1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/d2to1 { };
 
+  dacite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dacite { };
+
   daemonize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daemonize { };
 
   daemonocle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daemonocle { };