diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydruid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydruid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ede441bd817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydruid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+  # required dependencies
+, requests
+, setuptools
+  # optional dependencies
+, pandas
+, tornado
+, sqlalchemy
+  # test dependencies
+, pycurl
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pydruid";
+  version = "0.6.5";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = pname;
+    owner = "druid-io";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-9+xomjSwWDVHkret/mqAZKWOPFRMvVB3CWtFPzrT81k=";
+  };
+
+  # patch out the CLI because it doesn't work with newer versions of pygments
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace '"console_scripts": ["pydruid = pydruid.console:main"],' ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pycurl
+  ] ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies);
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pydruid"
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    optional-dependencies = {
+      pandas = [ pandas ];
+      async = [ tornado ];
+      sqlalchemy = [ sqlalchemy ];
+      # druid has a `cli` extra, but it doesn't work with nixpkgs pygments
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple API to create, execute, and analyze Druid queries";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/druid-io/pydruid";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 68a4babe1b96..548d2698591d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8200,6 +8200,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pydroid-ipcam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydroid-ipcam  { };
 
+  pydruid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydruid { };
+
   pydsdl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydsdl { };
 
   pydub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydub { };