diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee1347621492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/azure-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27
+, aiodns
+, aiohttp
+, msrest
+, pytest
+, pytestCheckHook
+, requests
+, six
+, trio
+, typing-extensions
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.1.1";
+  pname = "azure-core";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "00jm43gw89n446zdm18qziwd85lsx1gandxpmw62dc1bdnsfakxl";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    aiodns
+    aiohttp
+    msrest
+    pytest
+    pytestCheckHook
+    trio
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests/" ];
+  disabledTests = [ "response" "request" "timeout" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure Core Library for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jonringer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a6cf3e8766e5..d09709ed0e40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ in {
 
   azure-batch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-batch { };
 
+  azure-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-core { };
+
   azure-cosmosdb-nspkg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-cosmosdb-nspkg { };
 
   azure-cosmosdb-table = callPackage ../development/python-modules/azure-cosmosdb-table { };