diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swagger-spec-validator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swagger-spec-validator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc4b99c40a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swagger-spec-validator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pyyaml, jsonschema, six, pytest, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "swagger-spec-validator";
+  version = "2.4.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Yelp";
+    repo = "swagger_spec_validator";
+    rev = "v" + version;
+    sha256 = "02f8amc6iq2clxxmrz8hirbb57sizaxijp0higqy16shk63ibalw";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    mock
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest tests
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyyaml
+    jsonschema
+    six
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Yelp/swagger_spec_validator";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    description = "Validation of Swagger specifications";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanschelven ];
+  };
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5dac3b894f56..8d7976421aff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4900,6 +4900,8 @@ in {
 
   svgwrite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/svgwrite { };
 
+  swagger-spec-validator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swagger-spec-validator { };
+
   freezegun = callPackage ../development/python-modules/freezegun { };
 
   taskw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/taskw { };