diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sasmodels/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sasmodels/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1360864cf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sasmodels/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{lib, fetchgit, licenses, buildPythonPackage, pytest, numpy, scipy, matplotlib, docutils}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "sasmodels-${version}";
+  version = "0.96";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [docutils matplotlib numpy pytest scipy];
+
+  preCheck = ''export HOME=$(mktemp -d)'';
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels.git";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "11qaaqdc23qzb75zs48fkypksmcb332vl0pkjqr5bijxxymgm7nw";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library of small angle scattering models";
+    homepage = http://sasview.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rprospero ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8759680e5e7..4c4452e04e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15321,6 +15321,10 @@ in {
 
   sampledata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sampledata { };
 
+  sasmodels = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sasmodels {
+    inherit licenses;
+  };
+
   scapy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scapy { };
 
   scipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scipy { };