9 files changed, 133 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index d7c01b8986b..be54040ca2e 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@
 /pkgs/common-updater/scripts/update-source-version    @jtojnar
 
 # Python-related code and docs
-/maintainers/scripts/update-python-libraries	@FRidh
-/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix     @FRidh @jonringer
-/pkgs/development/interpreters/python   @FRidh
-/pkgs/development/python-modules        @FRidh @jonringer
-/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md     @FRidh
-/pkgs/development/tools/poetry2nix @adisbladis
+/maintainers/scripts/update-python-libraries	              @FRidh
+/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix                         @FRidh @jonringer
+/pkgs/development/interpreters/python                       @FRidh
+/pkgs/development/python-modules                            @FRidh @jonringer
+/doc/languages-frameworks/python.section.md                 @FRidh
+/pkgs/development/tools/poetry2nix                          @adisbladis
+/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks                 @FRidh @jonringer @DavHau
+/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/conda                 @DavHau
 
 # Haskell
 /doc/languages-frameworks/haskell.section.md  @cdepillabout @sternenseemann @maralorn
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/conda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/conda/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5249ccce0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/conda/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ pkgs }: {
+
+  # List of libraries that are needed for conda binary packages.
+  # When installing a conda binary package, just extend
+  # the `buildInputs` with `condaAutopatchLibs`.
+  condaPatchelfLibs = builtins.map (p: p.lib or p) ([
+    pkgs.alsaLib
+    pkgs.cups
+    pkgs.gcc-unwrapped
+    pkgs.libGL
+  ] ++ (with pkgs.xorg; [
+    libSM
+    libICE
+    libX11
+    libXau
+    libXdamage
+    libXi
+    libXrender
+    libXrandr
+    libXcomposite
+    libXcursor
+    libXtst
+    libXScrnSaver])
+  );
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
index 328ed715bae..30134a05628 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ with pkgs;
               toPythonModule toPythonApplication
               buildSetupcfg
 
+              condaInstallHook
+              condaUnpackHook
               eggUnpackHook
               eggBuildHook
               eggInstallHook
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/conda-install-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/conda-install-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af9ed60a038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/conda-install-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Setup hook to use in case a conda binary package is installed
+echo "Sourcing conda install hook"
+
+condaInstallPhase(){
+    echo "Executing condaInstallPhase"
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    # There are two different formats of conda packages.
+    # It either contains only a site-packages directory
+    # or multiple top level directories.
+    siteDir=@pythonSitePackages@
+    if [ -e ./site-packages ]; then
+      mkdir -p $out/$siteDir
+      cp -r ./site-packages/* $out/$siteDir
+    else
+      cp -r . $out
+      rm $out/env-vars
+    fi
+
+    runHook postInstall
+    echo "Finished executing condaInstallPhase"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${installPhase-}" ]; then
+    echo "Using condaInstallPhase"
+    installPhase=condaInstallPhase
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/conda-unpack-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/conda-unpack-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6204c13b722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/conda-unpack-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Setup hook to use in case a conda binary package is fetched
+echo "Sourcing conda unpack hook"
+
+condaUnpackPhase(){
+    echo "Executing condaUnpackPhase"
+    runHook preUnpack
+
+    # use lbzip2 for parallel decompression (bz2 is slow)
+    lbzip2 -dc -n $NIX_BUILD_CORES $src | tar --exclude='info' -x
+
+    # runHook postUnpack # Calls find...?
+    echo "Finished executing condaUnpackPhase"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${unpackPhase-}" ]; then
+    echo "Using condaUnpackPhase"
+    unpackPhase=condaUnpackPhase
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
index 1a64c79232b..1a0618225a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ let
   setuppy = ../run_setup.py;
 in rec {
 
+  condaInstallHook = callPackage ({ gnutar, lbzip2 }:
+    makeSetupHook {
+      name = "conda-install-hook";
+      deps = [ gnutar lbzip2 ];
+      substitutions = {
+        inherit pythonSitePackages;
+      };
+    } ./conda-install-hook.sh) {};
+
+  condaUnpackHook = callPackage ({}:
+    makeSetupHook {
+      name = "conda-unpack-hook";
+      deps = [];
+    } ./conda-unpack-hook.sh) {};
+
   eggBuildHook = callPackage ({ }:
     makeSetupHook {
       name = "egg-build-hook.sh";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
index cfba04da938..872123338f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
@@ -121,4 +121,37 @@ let
     # in assert myPackages.foobar == myPackages.numpy; myPackages.python.withPackages(ps: with ps; [ foobar ]);
   };
 
-in lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform ) (environmentTests // integrationTests // overrideTests)
+  condaTests = let
+    requests = callPackage ({
+        autoPatchelfHook,
+        fetchurl,
+        pythonCondaPackages,
+      }:
+      python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage {
+        pname = "requests";
+        version = "2.24.0";
+        format = "other";
+        src = fetchurl {
+          url = "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch/requests-2.24.0-py_0.tar.bz2";
+          sha256 = "02qzaf6gwsqbcs69pix1fnjxzgnngwzvrsy65h1d521g750mjvvp";
+        };
+        nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook ] ++ (with python.pkgs; [
+          condaUnpackHook condaInstallHook
+        ]);
+        buildInputs = [
+          pythonCondaPackages.condaPatchelfLibs
+        ];
+        propagatedBuildInputs = with python.pkgs; [
+          chardet idna urllib3 certifi
+        ];
+      }
+    ) {};
+    pythonWithRequests = requests.pythonModule.withPackages (ps: [ requests ]);
+    in
+    {
+      condaExamplePackage = runCommand "import-requests" {} ''
+        ${pythonWithRequests.interpreter} -c "import requests" > $out
+      '';
+    };
+
+in lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform ) (environmentTests // integrationTests // overrideTests // condaTests)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ef62643fbc..9dee838bb66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12336,6 +12336,8 @@ in
 
   pythonManylinuxPackages = callPackage ./../development/interpreters/python/manylinux { };
 
+  pythonCondaPackages = callPackage ./../development/interpreters/python/conda { };
+
   update-python-libraries = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/update-python-libraries { };
 
   # Should eventually be moved inside Python interpreters.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 05c322bb932..91ef14b2f78 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ in {
   inherit buildSetupcfg;
 
   inherit (callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/hooks { })
+    condaInstallHook
+    condaUnpackHook
     eggUnpackHook
     eggBuildHook
     eggInstallHook