diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-xgboost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-xgboost/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06b5e762852a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-xgboost/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, xgboost
+, dask
+, distributed
+, pytest
+, scikitlearn
+, scipy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.1.5";
+  pname = "dask-xgboost";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1860d06965fe68def1c83b9195130a92050fd4bc28bf2be689898a3a74ee1316";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest scikitlearn ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ xgboost dask distributed ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test dask_xgboost/tests/test_core.py
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dask/dask-xgboost;
+    description = "Interactions between Dask and XGBoost";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f14c295c8d5..7139a0eb50e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1996,6 +1996,8 @@ in {
 
   dask-ml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-ml { };
 
+  dask-xgboost = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dask-xgboost { };
+
   datrie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datrie { };
 
   heapdict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/heapdict { };