diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/slicerator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/slicerator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6af7fafdddf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/slicerator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.9.8";
+  pname = "slicerator";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b91dd76a415fd8872185cbd6fbf1922fe174359053d4694983fc719e4a0f5667";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} run_tests.py
+  '';
+
+  # run_tests.py not packaged with pypi release
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/soft-matter/slicerator;
+    description = "A lazy-loading, fancy-sliceable iterable";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4a4211e7f597..d32b42c19508 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ in {
 
   slackclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/slackclient { };
 
+  slicerator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/slicerator { };
+
   spglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spglib { };
 
   statistics = callPackage ../development/python-modules/statistics { };