diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyviz-comms/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyviz-comms/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53f06cff922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyviz-comms/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+, param
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyviz_comms";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7ad4ff0c2166f0296ee070049ce21341f868f907003714eb6eaf1630ea8e241a";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ param ];
+
+  # there are not tests with the package
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Launch jobs, organize the output, and dissect the results";
+    homepage = http://pyviz.org/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 11ab29088f0..77d4a507036 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3568,6 +3568,8 @@ in {
 
   pystringtemplate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stringtemplate { };
 
+  pyviz-comms = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyviz-comms { };
+
   pillow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pillow {
     inherit (pkgs) freetype libjpeg zlib libtiff libwebp tcl lcms2 tk;
     inherit (pkgs.xorg) libX11;