diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-http-signature/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-http-signature/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..992c54930ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-http-signature/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "requests-http-signature";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  # .pem files for tests aren't present on PyPI
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pyauth";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0y96wsbci296m1rcxx0ybx8r44rdvyb59p1jl27p7rgz7isr3kx1";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} test/test.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Requests auth module for HTTP Signature";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kislyuk/requests-http-signature";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ac79c0a97a3c..429ded4b3c11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4781,6 +4781,8 @@ in {
 
   readthedocs-sphinx-ext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readthedocs-sphinx-ext { };
 
+  requests-http-signature = callPackage ../development/python-modules/requests-http-signature { };
+
   resampy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/resampy { };
 
   restructuredtext_lint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/restructuredtext_lint { };