diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mnist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mnist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67cb4eae2511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mnist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-mnist";
+  version = "0.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "5d59a44335eccb4b310efb2ebb76f44e8588a1732cfb4923f4a502b61d8b653a";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/sorki/python-mnist;
+    description = "Simple MNIST data parser written in Python";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmcdragonkai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d5a0d57a2d51..387faecb1682 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@ in {
 
   python-ldap-test = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ldap-test { };
 
+  python-mnist = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-mnist { };
+
   python-igraph = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-igraph {
     pkgconfig = pkgs.pkgconfig;
     igraph = pkgs.igraph;