diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/amazon-ion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amazon-ion/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..016fa989a8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/amazon-ion/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, jsonconversion, six, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "amazon-ion";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "amazon.ion";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-vtztUHSnGoPYozhwvigxEdieVtbKNfV4B5yZ4MHaWGw=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'pytest-runner'," ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jsonconversion six ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "amazon.ion" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python implementation of Amazon Ion";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/amzn/ion-python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.terlar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 379d9938e865..70d177fbe8d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ in {
 
   altair = callPackage ../development/python-modules/altair { };
 
+  amazon-ion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amazon-ion { };
+
   amazon_kclpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amazon_kclpy { };
 
   ambee = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ambee { };