diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/json-tricks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/json-tricks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9995e537c541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/json-tricks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, numpy
+, pandas
+, pytz
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "json-tricks";
+  version = "3.15.5";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mverleg";
+    repo = "pyjson_tricks";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "wdpqCqMO0EzKyqE4ishL3CTsSw3sZPGvJ0HEktKFgZU=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ numpy pandas pytz pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "json_tricks" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Extra features for Python JSON handling";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mverleg/pyjson_tricks";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c12668b8859b..9df21593e429 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4215,6 +4215,8 @@ in {
 
   jsonstreams = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsonstreams { };
 
+  json-tricks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/json-tricks { };
+
   jug = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jug { };
 
   junitparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/junitparser { };