diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-services/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-services/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a4c5591a5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-services/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, requests
+, psutil
+, pytest
+, subprocess32
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-services";
+  version = "1.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "035bc9ce8addb33f7c2ec95a9c0c88926d213a6c2e12b2c57da31a4ec0765f2c";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+    psutil
+    pytest
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!isPy3k) subprocess32;
+
+  # no tests in PyPI tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Services plugin for pytest testing framework";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-services;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 666be8a96c73..9ee6fbb23bce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1566,6 +1566,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-server-fixtures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-server-fixtures { };
 
+  pytest-services = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-services { };
+
   pytest-shutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-shutil { };
 
   pytestcov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-cov { };