diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/2.3.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/2.3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5152029f8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible/2.3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pycrypto
+, paramiko
+, jinja2
+, pyyaml
+, httplib2
+, boto
+, six
+, netaddr
+, dns
+, windowsSupport ? false
+, pywinrm ? null
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ansible";
+  version = "2.3.1.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://releases.ansible.com/ansible/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1xdr82fy8gahxh3586wm5k1bxksys7yl1f2n24shrk8gf99qyjyd";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i "s,/usr/,$out," lib/ansible/constants.py
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false;
+  dontStrip = true;
+  dontPatchELF = true;
+  dontPatchShebangs = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pycrypto paramiko jinja2 pyyaml httplib2
+    boto six netaddr dns ] ++ lib.optional windowsSupport pywinrm;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.ansible.com";
+    description = "A simple automation tool";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3] ;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      jgeerds
+      joamaki
+    ];
+    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bec3d1d484e7..9678b4d7ef13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6093,6 +6093,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ansible  = python2Packages.ansible2;
   ansible2 = python2Packages.ansible2;
+  ansible_2_3 = lowPrio (python2Packages.ansible_2_3);
 
   antlr = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/antlr/2.7.7.nix { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1ef7beadee8c..2414ae248946 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ in {
 
   ansible_2_1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible/2.1.nix {};
   ansible_2_2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible/2.2.nix {};
+  ansible_2_3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/python-modules/ansible/2.3.nix {});
 
   apipkg = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "apipkg-1.4";