diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/git-annex-adapter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/git-annex-adapter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f99acb8db5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/git-annex-adapter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl
+, eject, pygit2, gitMinimal, git-annex }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "git-annex-adapter";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  disabled = (!isPy3k);
+
+  # There is only a wheel on PyPI - build from source instead
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "alpernebbi";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1sbgp4ivgw4m8nngrlb1f78xdnssh639c1khv4z98753w3sdsxdz";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace git_annex_adapter/process.py \
+      --replace "'git', 'annex'" "'${git-annex}/bin/git-annex'" \
+      --replace "'git-annex'" "'${git-annex}/bin/git-annex'"
+  '';
+
+  # TODO: Remove for next version
+  patches = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/alpernebbi/git-annex-adapter/commit/9f64c4b99cae7b681820c6c7382e1e40489f4d1e.patch";
+    sha256 = "1hbw8651amjskakvs1wv2msd1wryrq0vpryvbispg5267rs8q7hp";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    eject # `rev` is needed in tests/test_process.py
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygit2 gitMinimal ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ git-annex ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    python -m unittest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/alpernebbi/git-annex-adapter;
+    description = "Call git-annex commands from Python";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d5a2ee462ba8..492dc8927473 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5449,6 +5449,10 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  git-annex-adapter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/git-annex-adapter {
+    inherit (pkgs.gitAndTools) git-annex;
+  };
+
   google-cloud-sdk = callPackage ../tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk { };
   google-cloud-sdk-gce = callPackage ../tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk { with-gce=true; };