diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d281193be231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+, numpy
+, pillow
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.3.0";
+  pname = "pydicom";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1j11lsykqbnw9d6gzgj6kfn6lawvm5d9azd9palj3l1xhj0hlnsq";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy pillow ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pydicom.github.io;
+    description = "Pure-Python package for working with DICOM files";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9d0724db801c..4905d4d8c680 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1040,6 +1040,8 @@ in {
 
   pydbus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydbus { };
 
+  pydicom = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydicom { };
+
   pydocstyle =
     if isPy27 then
       callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydocstyle/2.nix { }