diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sharedmem/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sharedmem/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60c91b641098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sharedmem/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, lib, numpy }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+
+  pname = "sharedmem";
+  version = "0.3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1wr438m1jmcj6ccskzm6pchv6ldx7031h040adadjmkivz5rry41";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://rainwoodman.github.io/sharedmem/;
+    description = "Easier parallel programming on shared memory computers";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e88a99042ec2..2f7cedb1ef11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12393,6 +12393,8 @@ in {
 
   shapely = callPackage ../development/python-modules/shapely { };
 
+  sharedmem = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sharedmem { };
+
   soco = callPackage ../development/python-modules/soco { };
 
   sopel = buildPythonPackage rec {