diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/prance/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prance/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38133172ecf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prance/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, chardet
+, pyyaml
+, requests
+, six
+, semver
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, pytestrunner
+, sphinx
+, openapi-spec-validator
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "prance";
+  version = "0.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "793f96dc8bba73bf4342f57b3570f5e0a94c30e60f0c802a2aaa302759dd8610";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pytestrunner
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    chardet
+    pyyaml
+    requests
+    six
+    semver
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytestcov
+    openapi-spec-validator
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "tests_require = dev_require," "tests_require = None,"
+  '';
+
+  # many tests require network connection
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Resolving Swagger/OpenAPI 2.0 and 3.0.0 Parser";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jfinkhaeuser/prance;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 32fe52b28994..bbfb671019ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4437,6 +4437,8 @@ in {
 
   praw = if isPy3k then callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw { }
     else callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw/6.3.nix { };
+  
+  prance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/prance { };
 
   prawcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/prawcore { };