diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhcl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e409282980d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyhcl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k
+, lib
+
+# pythonPackages
+, coverage
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyhcl";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "virtuald";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "09kwm3digbwn3kmbk76jswxgwfcfchik6cfa2xbhjanh4xs893hs";
+  };
+
+  # https://github.com/virtuald/pyhcl/blob/51a7524b68fe21e175e157b8af931016d7a357ad/setup.py#L64
+  configurePhase = ''
+    echo '__version__ = "${version}"' > ./src/hcl/version.py
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    coverage
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  # https://github.com/virtuald/pyhcl/blob/51a7524b68fe21e175e157b8af931016d7a357ad/tests/run_tests.sh#L4
+  checkPhase = ''
+    coverage run --source hcl -m pytest tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "HCL is a configuration language. pyhcl is a python parser for it";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/virtuald/pyhcl";
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      kamadorueda
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e1bd47648f04..c0f46503d692 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2256,6 +2256,8 @@ in {
 
   python-ly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ly {};
 
+  pyhcl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhcl { };
+
   pyhepmc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhepmc { };
 
   pytest = if isPy3k then self.pytest_5 else self.pytest_4;