diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e58bbde1353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uproot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, numpy}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "uproot";
+  version = "2.8.23";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "121ggyl5s0q66yrbdfznvzrc793zq1w2xnr3baadlzfvqdlkhgj7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/scikit-hep/uproot;
+    description = "ROOT I/O in pure Python and Numpy";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ktf ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7748120cd49..bef7cfc0480 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14744,6 +14744,8 @@ in {
 
   uritemplate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uritemplate { };
 
+  uproot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uproot {};
+
   uptime = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "uptime-${version}";
     version = "3.0.1";