diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlrose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlrose/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7d43115a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlrose/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, scikitlearn }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mlrose";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0vsvqrf1wbbj8i198rqd87hf8rlq7fmv8mmibv8f9rhj0w8729p5";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ scikitlearn ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's,sklearn,scikit-learn,g' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Machine Learning, Randomized Optimization and SEarch";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/gkhayes/mlrose";
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9bef1b87709..5400438d7dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2242,6 +2242,8 @@ in {
 
   misaka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/misaka {};
 
+  mlrose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mlrose { };
+
   mt-940 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mt-940 { };
 
   mwlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mwlib { };