diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ionhash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ionhash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d90d572876c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ionhash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, amazon-ion, six, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ionhash";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "amzn";
+    repo = "ion-hash-python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-mXOLKXauWwwIA/LnF4qyZsBiF/QM+rF9MmE2ewmozYo=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/amzn/ion-hash-python/commit/5cab56d694ecc176e394bb455c2d726ba1514ce0.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-P5QByNafgxI//e3m+b0oG00+rVymCsT/J4dOZSk3354=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'pytest-runner'," ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ amazon-ion six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ionhash" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python implementation of Amazon Ion Hash";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/amzn/ion-hash-python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.terlar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 70d177fbe8d0..4c66f942609a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4090,6 +4090,8 @@ in {
 
   iocapture = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iocapture { };
 
+  ionhash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ionhash { };
+
   iotawattpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iotawattpy { };
 
   iowait = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iowait { };