diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkl-service/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkl-service/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad3f30a66da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkl-service/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, cython, mkl, nose, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mkl-service";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "IntelPython";
+    repo = "mkl-service";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1bnpgx629rxqf0yhn0jn68ypj3dqv6njc3981j1g8j8rsm5lycrn";
+  };
+
+  MKLROOT = mkl;
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mkl six ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python hooks for Intel(R) Math Kernel Library runtime control settings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bhipple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9537be075ec..d7239f228ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -682,10 +682,12 @@ in {
 
   maxminddb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/maxminddb { };
 
-  monty = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monty { };
-
   mininet-python = (toPythonModule (pkgs.mininet.override{ inherit python; })).py;
 
+  mkl-service = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkl-service { };
+
+  monty = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monty { };
+
   mpi4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpi4py {
     mpi = pkgs.openmpi;
   };