diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b41a391cce23..e82da26b8116 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14226,6 +14226,38 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  pyfftw = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pyfftw-${version}";
+    version = "0.9.2";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyFFTW/pyFFTW-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "f6bbb6afa93085409ab24885a1a3cdb8909f095a142f4d49e346f2bd1b789074";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.fftw pkgs.fftwFloat pkgs.fftwLongDouble];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy scipy ];
+
+    # Tests cannot import pyfftw. pyfftw works fine though.
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    preConfigure = ''
+      export LDFLAGS="-L${pkgs.fftw}/lib -L${pkgs.fftwFloat}/lib -L${pkgs.fftwLongDouble}/lib"
+      export CFLAGS="-I${pkgs.fftw}/include -I${pkgs.fftwFloat}/include -I${pkgs.fftwLongDouble}/include"
+    '';
+    #+ optionalString isDarwin ''
+    #  export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.fftw}/lib"
+    #'';
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "A pythonic wrapper around FFTW, the FFT library, presenting a unified interface for all the supported transforms";
+      homepage = http://hgomersall.github.com/pyFFTW/;
+      license = with licenses; [ bsd2 bsd3 ];
+      maintainer = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
+    };
+  };
+
   pyfiglet = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyfiglet-${version}";
     version = "0.7.2";