diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynrrd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynrrd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02361fe84deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pynrrd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numpy
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pynrrd";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mhe";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1wn3ara3i19fi1y9a5j4imyczpa6dkkzd5djggxg4kkl1ff9awrj";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/mhe/pynrrd;
+    description = "Simple pure-Python reader for NRRD files";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f9c458aa79e1..5b148263388b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4941,6 +4941,8 @@ in {
 
   pynmea2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynmea2 {};
 
+  pynrrd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynrrd { };
+
   pynzb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynzb { };
 
   process-tests = callPackage ../development/python-modules/process-tests { };