diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/simanneal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simanneal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3f65b6660c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simanneal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "simanneal";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "perrygeo";
+    repo = "simanneal";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "12499wvf7ii7cy8z2f1d472p7q9napg1lj0h9xx8l1mbr1hjlp3q";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = "pytest tests";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A python implementation of the simulated annealing optimization technique";
+    homepage = https://github.com/perrygeo/simanneal;
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fd1fcc4e115..3e24dd180c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19535,6 +19535,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  simanneal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simanneal { };
+
   simplebayes = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "simplebayes-${version}";
     version = "1.5.8";