diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bba260e2a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, dask
+, distributed
+, mpi4py
+, pytest
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.0.2";
+  pname = "dask-mpi";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1apzzh90gl9jx43z0gjmgpniplhvqziafi2l8688a0g01vw7ibjv";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest requests ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dask distributed mpi4py ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test dask_mpi
+  '';
+
+  # hardcoded mpirun path in tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dask/dask-mpi;
+    description = "Deploy Dask using mpi4py";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 552f0254d186..4c1dfe43c7e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1611,6 +1611,8 @@ in {
 
   dask-ml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-ml { };
 
+  dask-mpi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-mpi { };
+
   dask-xgboost = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-xgboost { };
 
   datrie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datrie { };