diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/descartes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/descartes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1407dd3d204d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/descartes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi,
+  matplotlib, shapely
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "descartes";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0nq36w9ylvfwmwn5qd9c8fsp2jzsqpmy4xcr6pzxcpmg8qhm0nhk";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    matplotlib
+    shapely
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python library to use Shapely or GeoJSON objects as matplotlib paths";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/sgillies/descartes/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ knedlsepp ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eaad744c8bf2..ea0527d8cc22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8997,6 +8997,8 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
+  descartes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/descartes { };
+
   distutils_extra = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "distutils-extra-${version}";
     version = "2.39";