diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyjet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyjet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69d20863a772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyjet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose, numpy }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyjet";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1glcwv9ni8i40smfw6m456xjadlkackim5nk33xmas1fa96lpagg";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/pyjet";
+    description = "The interface between FastJet and NumPy";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index df28860accff..0354bdda6ef6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1841,6 +1841,8 @@ in {
 
   pyjade = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyjade {};
 
+  pyjet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyjet {};
+
   PyLD = callPackage ../development/python-modules/PyLD { };
 
   python-jose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-jose {};