diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e5b32ea8671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyexcel-io
+, odfpy
+, nose
+, pyexcel
+, pyexcel-xls
+, psutil
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyexcel-ods";
+  version = "0.5.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "O+Uv2KrdvYvJKG9+sUj0VT1MlyUtaVw6nse5XmZmoiM=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyexcel-io
+    odfpy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+    pyexcel
+    pyexcel-xls
+    psutil
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = "nosetests";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Plug-in to pyexcel providing the capbility to read, manipulate and write data in ods formats using odfpy";
+    homepage = "http://docs.pyexcel.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ea5c51e9248e..c31ab2a49ed2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5582,6 +5582,8 @@ in {
 
   pyexcel-xls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls { };
 
+  pyexcel-ods = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel-ods { };
+
   pyexcelerator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcelerator { };
 
   pyext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyext { };