diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spectral-cube/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spectral-cube/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f54fefadf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spectral-cube/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, astropy
+, radio_beam
+, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "spectral-cube";
+  version = "0.4.3";
+
+  doCheck = false; # the tests requires several pytest plugins that are not in nixpkgs
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "057g3mzlg5cy4wg2hh3p6gssn93rs6i7pswzhldvcq4k8m8hsl3b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astropy radio_beam pytest ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library for reading and analyzing astrophysical spectral data cubes";
+    homepage = http://radio-astro-tools.github.io;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ smaret ];
+  };
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index deb3e35e0a28..b766697186c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18171,6 +18171,8 @@ EOF
 
   radio_beam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/radio_beam { };
 
+  spectral-cube = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spectral-cube { };
+
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)