diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b80a9103717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/h5netcdf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, h5py
+, pytestCheckHook
+, netcdf4
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "h5netcdf";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b0df12f4692817cf6d8e2fca95f689e61aa68f2f39aea90fd1790fe5ac8d2cbb";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    h5py
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    netcdf4
+  ];
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "netCDF4 via h5py";
+    homepage = https://github.com/shoyer/h5netcdf;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 31658979185..633f583025c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -799,6 +799,8 @@ in {
     hdf5 = pkgs.hdf5-mpi;
   };
 
+  h5netcdf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/h5netcdf { };
+
   ha-ffmpeg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ha-ffmpeg { };
 
   habanero = callPackage ../development/python-modules/habanero { };