diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/qds_sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qds_sdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b4cfa501ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/qds_sdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib,
+ fetchFromGitHub,
+ buildPythonPackage,
+ boto,
+ inflection,
+ pytest,
+ mock,
+ requests,
+ six,
+ urllib3 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "qds_sdk";
+  version = "1.12.0";
+
+  # pypi does not contain tests, using github sources instead
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "qubole";
+    repo = "qds-sdk-py";
+    rev = "V${version}";
+    sha256 = "18xhvlcfki8llv7fw2r5yfk20zds3gr78b4klwm9mkvhlhwds9rx";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ 
+    boto
+    inflection
+    requests
+    six 
+    urllib3 
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest mock ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test --disable-pytest-warnings tests
+  '';
+ 
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python module that provides the tools you need to authenticate with, and use the Qubole Data Service API";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/qubole/qds-sdk-py";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ shahrukh330 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a610ef51d8c6..52182351787b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4683,6 +4683,8 @@ in {
 
   qdarkstyle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qdarkstyle { };
 
+  qds_sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/qds_sdk { };
+
   quamash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quamash { };
 
   quandl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/quandl { };