diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82c8fc93267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, pkgs, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, numpy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "arrayqueues";
+  version = "1.2.0b0";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1gvrxb2rw0dk469wq5azylar7hhanfp07gl5mc6ajdbgz9gsd6ln";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/portugueslab/arrayqueues";
+    description = "Multiprocessing queues for numpy arrays using shared memory";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tbenst ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d0b045a7389..3bbdfc9be24 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ in {
 
   apprise = callPackage ../development/python-modules/apprise { };
 
+  arrayqueues = callPackage ../development/python-modules/arrayqueues { };
+
   aresponses = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aresponses { };
 
   argon2_cffi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/argon2_cffi { };