diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..462c9e615a139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-compute/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, azure-mgmt-common
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.20.1";
+  pname = "azure-mgmt-compute";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "97298fc7f133f1d50a974ed6299151eda494a574b0f7fdf8192a388015c2215a";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+    # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+    sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/compute/computemanagement.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-mgmt-common ];
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
+    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-network/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-network/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fd47f8895fd4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-network/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, azure-mgmt-common
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.20.1";
+  pname = "azure-mgmt-network";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "10vj22h6nxpw0qpvib5x2g6qs5j8z31142icvh4qk8k40fcrs9hx";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+    # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+    sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/network/networkresourceprovider.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-mgmt-common ];
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
+    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-nspkg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-nspkg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa037b48b4f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-nspkg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, azure-nspkg
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  pname = "azure-mgmt-nspkg";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "1rq92fj3kvnqkk18596dybw0kvhgscvc6cd8hp1dhy3wrkqnhwmq";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-nspkg ];
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
+    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-resource/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-resource/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b60e3aee34028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-resource/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, azure-mgmt-common
+}:
+
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.20.1";
+  pname = "azure-mgmt-resource";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "0slh9qfm5nfacrdm3lid0sr8kwqzgxvrwf27laf9v38kylkfqvml";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+    # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+    sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/resource/resourcemanagement.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-mgmt-common ];
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
+    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-storage/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-storage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2e0523bb25cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/azure-mgmt-storage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, azure-mgmt-common
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.20.0";
+  pname = "azure-mgmt-storage";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "16iw7hqhq97vlzfwixarfnirc60l5mz951p57brpcwyylphl3yim";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    # Patch to make this package work on requests >= 2.11.x
+    # CAN BE REMOVED ON NEXT PACKAGE UPDATE
+    sed -i 's|len(request_content)|str(len(request_content))|' azure/mgmt/storage/storagemanagement.py
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/__init__.py
+    echo "__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)" >> "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/azure/mgmt/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ azure-mgmt-common ];
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Microsoft Azure SDK for Python";
+    homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ olcai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix
index 56e0a31a97ecb..73e8c90d4e429 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixops/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, fetchurl }:
+{ callPackage, newScope, pkgs, fetchurl }:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
   version = "1.6.1";
@@ -6,4 +6,19 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
     url = "http://nixos.org/releases/nixops/nixops-${version}/nixops-${version}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0lfx5fhyg3z6725ydsk0ibg5qqzp5s0x9nbdww02k8s307axiah3";
   };
+# nixops is incompatible with the most recent versions of listed
+# azure-mgmt-* packages, therefore we are pinning them to
+# package-private versions, so that they don't get trampled by
+# updates.
+# see
+# https://github.com/NixOS/nixops/issues/1065
+  python2Packages = pkgs.python2Packages.override {
+    overrides = (self: super: let callPackage = newScope self; in {
+      azure-mgmt-compute = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-compute { };
+      azure-mgmt-network = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-network { };
+      azure-mgmt-nspkg = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-nspkg { };
+      azure-mgmt-resource = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-resource { };
+      azure-mgmt-storage = callPackage ./azure-mgmt-storage { };
+    });
+  };
 })