diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..052d364982b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openshift/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  lib
+  , buildPythonPackage
+  , fetchPypi
+  , jinja2
+  , kubernetes
+  , ruamel-yaml
+  , six
+  , python-string-utils
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "openshift";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-aggRnD4goiZJPp4cngp8AIrJC/V46378cwUSfq8Xml4=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jinja2
+    kubernetes
+    python-string-utils
+    ruamel-yaml
+    six
+  ];
+
+  # tries to connect to the network
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = ["openshift"];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python client for the OpenShift API";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/openshift/openshift-restclient-python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3e02d8460294..439d4d8e4a5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4624,6 +4624,8 @@ in {
 
   opensensemap-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opensensemap-api { };
 
+  openshift = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openshift { };
+
   opentimestamps = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentimestamps { };
 
   opentracing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentracing { };