diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12bfddb3deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/persim/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, scikitlearn
+, numpy
+, matplotlib
+, scipy
+, hopcroftkarp
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "persim";
+  version = "0.0.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "52ce59856de25eec74c6f20951301b13e7d98c434e712d2225653e2087d54fbc";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    scikitlearn
+    numpy
+    matplotlib
+    scipy
+    hopcroftkarp
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # specifically needed for darwin
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    mkdir -p $HOME/.matplotlib
+    echo "backend: ps" > $HOME/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
+
+    # ignore tests due to python 2.7 fail
+    pytest --ignore test/test_plots.py \
+           --ignore test/test_visuals.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Distances and representations of persistence diagrams";
+    homepage = https://persim.scikit-tda.org;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 20b7d95adb2..0bde8dfaeff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4703,6 +4703,8 @@ in {
 
   persistent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/persistent {};
 
+  persim = callPackage ../development/python-modules/persim { };
+
   xdot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xdot { };
 
   zetup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zetup { };