diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/neo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/neo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..631beabea8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/neo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, numpy
+, quantities
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "neo";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0n74miad4dadavnzi1hqlyzyk795x7qq2adp71i011534ixs70ik";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy quantities ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests --exclude=iotest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://neuralensemble.org/neo/";
+    description = "Package for representing electrophysiology data in Python";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 438921665435..1f7ae558a502 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -969,6 +969,8 @@ in {
 
   ndtypes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ndtypes { };
 
+  neo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/neo { };
+
   nest-asyncio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nest-asyncio { };
 
   neuron = pkgs.neuron.override {