diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f07f05b98843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/annexremote/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, isPy3k
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, future
+, mock
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "annexremote";
+  version = "1.3.1";
+
+  # use fetchFromGitHub instead of fetchPypi because the test suite of
+  # the package is not included into the PyPI tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    owner = "Lykos153";
+    repo = "AnnexRemote";
+    sha256 = "13ny7h41430pi9393dw3qgwxvzcxacapjsw0d3vjm7lc4h566alq";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ] ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) mock;
+  checkPhase = "nosetests -v";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Helper module to easily develop git-annex remotes";
+    homepage = https://github.com/Lykos153/AnnexRemote;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ montag451 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 934aa1cb1c9e..201ae974b910 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -954,6 +954,8 @@ in {
 
   allpairspy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/allpairspy { };
 
+  annexremote = callPackage ../development/python-modules/annexremote { };
+
   ansible = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible { };
 
   ansible-kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible-kernel { };