3 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
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";