diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2279f792818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyavm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, astropy
+, astropy-helpers
+, pillow
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyavm";
+  version = "0.9.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "PyAVM";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "f298b864e5bc101ecbb0e46252e95e18a180ac28ba6ec362e63c12a7e914e386";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astropy-helpers ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest astropy pillow ];
+
+  checkPhase = "pytest";
+
+  # Disable automatic update of the astropy-helper module
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "auto_use = True" "auto_use = False"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple pure-python AVM meta-data handling";
+    homepage = http://astrofrog.github.io/pyavm/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.smaret ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2e842bbb6c8..cf385dc3c8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1526,6 +1526,8 @@ in {
 
   cffi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cffi { };
 
+  pyavm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyavm { };
+
   pycollada = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycollada { };
 
   pycontracts = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycontracts { };