diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack-numpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack-numpy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0244b03c4842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack-numpy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, cython
+, msgpack-python
+, numpy
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "msgpack-numpy";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1czf125nixzwskiqiw0145kfj15030sp334cb89gp5w4rz3h7img";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cython
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+   msgpack-python
+   numpy
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} msgpack_numpy.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Practical Machine Learning for NLP in Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/lebedov/msgpack-numpy;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aborsu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4529f7febd41..33b971d3564d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10161,6 +10161,8 @@ in {
 
   msgpack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/msgpack {};
 
+  msgpack-numpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/msgpack-numpy {};
+
   msgpack-python = self.msgpack.overridePythonAttrs {
     pname = "msgpack-python";
     postPatch = ''