diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4afdb1a1dc9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, opencv3
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.5.1";
+  pname = "imutils";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "37d17adc9e71386c59b28f4ef5972ef6fe0023714fa1a652b8edc83f7ce0654c";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ opencv3 ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/jrosebr1/imutils;
+    description = "A series of convenience functions to make basic image processing functions";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 563494605464..efec8fda7d11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ in {
 
   i3ipc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/i3ipc { };
 
+  imutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imutils { };
+
   intelhex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/intelhex { };
 
   jira = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jira { };