diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datamodeldict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datamodeldict/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9aac803ccae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datamodeldict/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, xmltodict
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.9.4";
+  pname = "DataModelDict";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "97d8e999e000cf69c48e57b1a72eb45a27d83576a38c6cd8550c230b018be7af";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ xmltodict ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/usnistgov/DataModelDict/;
+    description = "Class allowing for data models equivalently represented as Python dictionaries, JSON, and XML";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c292c06fc3a7..dcddc42d1771 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ in {
 
   btchip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btchip { };
 
+  datamodeldict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datamodeldict { };
+
   dbf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbf { };
 
   dbfread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbfread { };