diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-novaclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-novaclient/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afc8a51988ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-novaclient/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ddt
+, iso8601
+, keystoneauth1
+, openssl
+, oslo-i18n
+, oslo-serialization
+, pbr
+, prettytable
+, requests-mock
+, stestr
+, testscenarios
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-novaclient";
+  version = "17.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-yRDCCFMQ2mNfs0NYXxBwcS/w+cs8j3nUTKPWMsTyMPU=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    iso8601
+    keystoneauth1
+    oslo-i18n
+    oslo-serialization
+    pbr
+    prettytable
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    ddt
+    openssl
+    requests-mock
+    stestr
+    testscenarios
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    stestr run -e <(echo "
+    novaclient.tests.unit.test_shell.ShellTest.test_osprofiler
+    novaclient.tests.unit.test_shell.ShellTestKeystoneV3.test_osprofiler
+    ")
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "novaclient" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Client library for OpenStack Compute API";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/openstack/python-novaclient";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.openstack.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e22f956268cf..07e7622c4d29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7240,6 +7240,8 @@ in {
 
   python-nomad = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-nomad { };
 
+  python-novaclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-novaclient { };
+
   python-oauth2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-oauth2 { };
 
   pythonocc-core = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/pythonocc-core {