diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/genanki/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/genanki/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcc462e7237d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/genanki/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, cached-property, frozendict, pystache, pyyaml, pytest, pytestrunner
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "genanki";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0xj8yd3acl8h457sh42balvcd0z4mg5idd4q63f7qlfzc5wgbb74";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+		pytestrunner
+    cached-property
+    frozendict
+    pystache
+    pyyaml
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  # relies on upstream anki
+	doCheck = false;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/kerrickstaley/genanki;
+    description = "Generate Anki decks programmatically";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 137463b74db6..dcb9961c01fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ in {
 
   fire = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fire { };
 
+  genanki = callPackage ../development/python-modules/genanki { };
+
   globus-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/globus-sdk { };
 
   goocalendar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/goocalendar { };