diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
index a41a6ec32d061..45d9c2e70b013 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "threadpool_multiple_event_loops" # times out on slow machines
       "get_passwd" # passed on NixOS but failed on other Linuxes
       "tcp_writealot" # times out sometimes
+      "ipc_closed_handle" # times out
     ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
         # Sometimes: timeout (no output), failed uv_listen. Someone
         # should report these failures to libuv team. There tests should
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydruid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydruid/default.nix
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..49721f7b4067c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydruid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pandas
+, prompt_toolkit
+, pycurl
+, pygments
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+, requests
+, six
+, sqlalchemy
+, tabulate
+, tornado
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pydruid";
+  version = "0.5.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "druid-io";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0zb6zmklib26fzv5dvqzy0h0p1ljjgkklnjm66imc35mx5irpzcv";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    # timestamp is added to the end of the list, and dict keeps keys in insertion order
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_query.py --replace  \
+      "def expected_results_csv_reader():" "
+    EXPECTED_RESULTS_PANDAS = list(map(lambda x: dict(list(x.items())[1:] + [list(x.items())[0]]), EXPECTED_RESULTS_PANDAS))
+    def expected_results_csv_reader():"
+  '';
+ 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pandas prompt_toolkit pycurl pygments requests six sqlalchemy tabulate tornado ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner ];
+  
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python connector for Druid";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/druid-io/pydruid";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.arnoldfarkas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 148990650dd2f..8ac4006b8324e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1066,6 +1066,8 @@ in {
 
   pydrive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydrive { };
 
+  pydruid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydruid { };
+
   pydy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydy { };
 
   pyexiv2 = disabledIf isPy3k (toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexiv2 {}));