diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/iminuit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/iminuit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bfb66fe4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/iminuit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, fetchPypi, cmake, numpy, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "iminuit";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "350c13d33f3ec5884335aea1cc11a17ae49dd8e6b2181c3f1b3c9c27e2e0b228";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit";
+    description = "Python interface for the Minuit2 C++ library";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit lgpl2Only ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ee6e9f8ac8e..fa97e36d3ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3242,6 +3242,8 @@ in {
 
   imgsize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imgsize { };
 
+  iminuit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iminuit { };
+
   immutables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/immutables { };
 
   impacket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/impacket { };