diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hdbscan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hdbscan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d57ff371666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hdbscan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cython
+, numpy
+, nose
+, scipy
+, scikitlearn
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hdbscan";
+  version = "0.8.12";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0yxi34frg2jwyvjl942qy4gq5pbx8dq4pf4p28d1xah8njchfqir";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cython numpy scipy scikitlearn ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Hierarchical Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise, a clustering algorithm with a scikit-learn compatible API";
+    homepage =  http://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/hdbscan;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ixxie ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 93444be7302a..6635721ee958 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6342,6 +6342,8 @@ in {
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests webob ];
   };
 
+  hdbscan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hdbscan { };
+
   hmmlearn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hmmlearn { };
 
   hcs_utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hcs_utils { };