diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytabix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytabix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb21ca19818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytabix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+, fetchPypi
+, zlib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytabix";
+  version = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ldp5r4ggskji6qx4bp2qxy2vrvb3fam03ksn0gq2hdxgrlg2x07";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace test/test.py \
+      --replace 'test_remote_file' 'dont_test_remote_file'
+  '';
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tabix" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/slowkow/pytabix";
+    description = "Python interface for tabix";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ris ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e67ac553827..25f90583d7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5415,6 +5415,8 @@ in {
 
   pysvn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysvn { };
 
+  pytabix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytabix { };
+
   pytado = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytado { };
 
   pytaglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytaglib { };