diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-plugin-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-plugin-utils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d48ef7fea76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-plugin-utils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k
+, lib
+
+# pythonPackages
+, pylint
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylint-plugin-utils";
+  version = "0.6";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PyCQA";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1zapmbczxs1phrwbd0yvpfxhljd2pyv4pi9rwggaq38lcnc325s7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pylint
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    python tests.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Utilities and helpers for writing Pylint plugins";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-plugin-utils";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      kamadorueda
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 67b723b27789..53c140f2fce7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4813,6 +4813,8 @@ in {
   pylint = if isPy3k then callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint { }
            else callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint/1.9.nix { };
 
+  pylint-plugin-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint-plugin-utils { };
+
   pyomo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyomo { };
 
   pyopencl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopencl { };