diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy-healpix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy-healpix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2027f694c77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astropy-healpix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, numpy
+, astropy
+, astropy-helpers
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "astropy-healpix";
+  version = "0.4";
+
+  doCheck = false; # tests require pytest-astropy
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "8c9709ac923759c92eca6d2e623e734d0f417eed40ba835b77d99dec09e51aa2";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy astropy astropy-helpers ];
+
+  # Disable automatic update of the astropy-helper module
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "auto_use = True" "auto_use = False"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "BSD-licensed HEALPix for Astropy";
+    homepage = https://github.com/astropy/astropy-healpix;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.smaret ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b6a4da373c15..228b614ab78f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ in {
 
   astropy-helpers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astropy-helpers { };
 
+  astropy-healpix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astropy-healpix { };
+
   astroquery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astroquery { };
 
   asttokens = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asttokens { };