diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8daa3820769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy3k, numpy, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycm";
+  version = "2.5";
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "sepandhaghighi";
+    repo   = pname;
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0zfv20hd7zq95sflsivjk47b0sm7q76w7fv2i2mafn83ficzx0p0";
+  };
+
+  # remove a trivial dependency on the author's `art` Python ASCII art library
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm pycm/__main__.py
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace '=get_requires()' '=[]'
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest Test/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Multiclass confusion matrix library";
+    homepage = https://pycm.ir;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6aea4f11013e..04f8f0ee3f8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1022,6 +1022,8 @@ in {
 
   PyChromecast = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pychromecast { };
 
+  pycm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycm { };
+
   py-cpuinfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-cpuinfo { };
 
   py-lru-cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-lru-cache { };