diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datasette/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datasette/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..581571f886df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datasette/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, click
+, click-default-group
+, sanic
+, jinja2
+, hupper
+, pint
+, pluggy
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+, pytest-asyncio
+, aiohttp
+, beautifulsoup4
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "datasette";
+  version = "0.27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "simonw";
+    repo = "datasette";
+    rev = "0.27";
+    sha256 = "02k1kk6bw034rs74w0viwzapxz684lqgjvw5q5j5xgr0i4kynylp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+    click-default-group
+    sanic
+    jinja2
+    hupper
+    pint
+    pluggy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytest-asyncio
+    aiohttp
+    beautifulsoup4
+  ];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "click==6.7" "click" \
+      --replace "click-default-group==1.2" "click-default-group" \
+      --replace "Sanic==0.7.0" "Sanic" \
+      --replace "Jinja2==2.10" "Jinja2" \
+      --replace "hupper==1.0" "hupper" \
+      --replace "pint==0.8.1" "pint"
+  '';
+
+  # many tests require network access
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest --ignore tests/test_api.py \
+           --ignore tests/test_csv.py \
+           --ignore tests/test_html.py \
+           --ignore tests/test_publish_heroku.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An instant JSON API for your SQLite databases";
+    homepage = https://github.com/simonw/datasette;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 02eb987260fc..ef2910fb466e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1337,6 +1337,8 @@ in
 
   datamash = callPackage ../tools/misc/datamash { };
 
+  datasette = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication datasette;
+
   datefudge = callPackage ../tools/system/datefudge { };
 
   dateutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/dateutils { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5e9afc29e83b..6906c77b725b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ in {
 
   datamodeldict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datamodeldict { };
 
+  datasette = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datasette { };
+
   dbf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbf { };
 
   dbfread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbfread { };