diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/papermill/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/papermill/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffe0fbc5da58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/papermill/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ansiwrap
+, click
+, future
+, pyyaml
+, nbformat
+, nbconvert
+, six
+, tqdm
+, jupyter_client
+, requests
+, entrypoints
+, tenacity
+, futures
+, backports_tempfile
+, isPy27
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, pytest-mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "papermill";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "04dadaabdeb129c7414079f77b9f9a4a08f1322549aa99e20e4a12700ee23509";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    ansiwrap
+    click
+    future
+    pyyaml
+    nbformat
+    nbconvert
+    six
+    tqdm
+    jupyter_client
+    requests
+    entrypoints
+    tenacity
+  ] ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [
+    futures
+    backports_tempfile
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytestcov
+    pytest-mock
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    HOME=$(mktemp -d) pytest
+  '';
+
+  # the test suite depends on cloud resources azure/aws
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Parametrize and run Jupyter and nteract Notebooks";
+    homepage = https://github.com/nteract/papermill;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3c98710b3268..e9d766d1ee3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ in {
 
   palettable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/palettable { };
 
+  papermill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/papermill { };
+
   parsley = callPackage ../development/python-modules/parsley { };
 
   pastel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pastel { };