diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wordcloud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wordcloud/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..759e48eb997e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wordcloud/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, codecov, coverage
+, flake8
+, matplotlib
+, mock
+, numpy
+, pillow
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, pytest-sugar
+, setuptools
+, twine
+, wheel
+}:
+  
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "word_cloud";
+  version = "1.6.0";
+
+  # tests are not included in pypi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "amueller";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1ncjr90m3w3b4zi23kw6ai11gxahdyah96x8jb2yn2x4573022x2";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ matplotlib numpy pillow ];
+
+  # Tests require extra dependencies
+  checkInputs = [ codecov coverage flake8 mock pytest pytestcov pytest-sugar setuptools twine wheel ];
+  # skip tests which make assumptions about installation
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest -k 'not cli_as_executable'
+  '';
+  
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A little word cloud generator in Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/amueller/word_cloud";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jm2dev ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f307c0da05e..de926517fbce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1484,6 +1484,8 @@ in {
 
   webapp2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/webapp2 { };
 
+  wordcloud = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wordcloud { };
+  
   wrf-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wrf-python { };
 
   pyunbound = callPackage ../tools/networking/unbound/python.nix { };