diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas-datareader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas-datareader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92adfb9d3f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas-datareader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, isPy27
+, pandas
+, lxml
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pandas-datareader";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b2cbc1e16a6ab9ff1ed167ae2ea92839beab9a20823bd00bdfb78155fa04f891";
+  };
+
+  # Tests are trying to load data over the network
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pandas_datareader" ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pandas lxml requests ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Up to date remote data access for pandas, works for multiple versions of pandas";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pydata/pandas-datareader";
+    license= licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ evax ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8eccc39b5abe..f672ee24ce58 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4306,6 +4306,8 @@ in {
   else
     callPackage ../development/python-modules/pandas/2.nix { };
 
+  pandas-datareader = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pandas-datareader { };
+
   pandoc-attributes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pandoc-attributes { };
 
   pandocfilters = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pandocfilters { };