diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/globus-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/globus-sdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f36a5c1b771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/globus-sdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, flake8
+, nose2
+, mock
+, requests
+, pyjwt
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "globus-sdk";
+  version = "1.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1nwdhhn9ib5ln56q8h3g42dl93jl67xlxkgl1wqkh7pacg00r4vs";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test tests
+  '';
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+  
+  checkInputs = [ flake8 nose2 mock ];
+  
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests pyjwt  ];
+ 
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A convenient Pythonic interface to Globus REST APIs, including the Transfer API and the Globus Auth API.";
+    homepage =  https://github.com/globus/globus-sdk-python;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ixxie ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8cecd533146e..1c5a9cbb2f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ in {
 
   diff-match-patch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/diff-match-patch { };
 
+  globus-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/globus-sdk { };
+  
   gssapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gssapi { };
 
   h5py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/h5py {