diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvips/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvips/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f5f9a4b43ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyvips/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytestrunner, pytestCheckHook, glib, vips, cffi
+, pkg-config, pkgconfig, lib }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyvips";
+  version = "2.1.12";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0pg0dxhxgi2m7bb5bi5wpx9hgnbi8ws1bz6w2dldbhi52pizghl4";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pytestrunner pkgconfig pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib vips ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
+
+  # tests are not included in pypi tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyvips" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A python wrapper for libvips";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/libvips/pyvips";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ccellado ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 26db12646670..95e51dba242d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5897,6 +5897,10 @@ in {
 
   pyviz-comms = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyviz-comms { };
 
+  pyvips = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyvips {
+    inherit (pkgs) pkg-config vips glib;
+  };
+
   pyvmomi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyvmomi { };
 
   pyvoro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyvoro { };