diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nixpkgs-pytools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nixpkgs-pytools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bb4a3e41f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nixpkgs-pytools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, jinja2
+, setuptools
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nixpkgs-pytools";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "6aaf1e990be639a0d01afb454756606f3111dd8c596b6e848d4a0cec019168d0";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jinja2
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  # tests require network ..
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Tools for removing the tedious nature of creating nixpkgs derivations";
+    homepage = https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-pytools;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7cac7aaf6241..0add6a8c7601 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1641,6 +1641,8 @@ in
 
   nfdump = callPackage ../tools/networking/nfdump { };
 
+  nixpkgs-pytools = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication nixpkgs-pytools;
+
   noteshrink = callPackage ../tools/misc/noteshrink { };
 
   noti = callPackage ../tools/misc/noti {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 13dd3ced86d1..0bf2158243c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3374,6 +3374,8 @@ in {
 
   nixpkgs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nixpkgs { };
 
+  nixpkgs-pytools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nixpkgs-pytools { };
+
   nodeenv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nodeenv { };
 
   nose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nose { };