diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cgen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0317249fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cgen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytools
+, numpy
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cgen";
+  version = "2017.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a04525d51ee975d37d590d6d82bf80a46e77f75187cccfd2248a89616a778795";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytools
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C/C++ source generation from an AST";
+    homepage = https://github.com/inducer/cgen;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9af4ca1d01c..43b305652cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1196,6 +1196,8 @@ in {
 
   cement = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cement {};
 
+  cgen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cgen { };
+
   cgroup-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cgroup-utils {};
 
   chainer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chainer {