diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d4277a87d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apispec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyyaml
+, prance
+, marshmallow
+, pytest
+, mock
+, openapi-spec-validator
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "apispec";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "11d1aaf620a80f67ded7688fcaf14fa4fd975d566876b5db69b067ffbfe4d1d9";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pyyaml
+    prance
+    openapi-spec-validator
+    marshmallow
+    pytest
+    mock
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A pluggable API specification generator. Currently supports the OpenAPI Specification (f.k.a. the Swagger specification";
+    homepage = https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bbfb671019ad..b79a175e171a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1440,6 +1440,8 @@ in {
 
   apipkg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/apipkg {};
 
+  apispec = callPackage ../development/python-modules/apispec {};
+
   appdirs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/appdirs { };
 
   appleseed = disabledIf isPy3k