diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nimfa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nimfa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b38aea7d28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nimfa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, numpy
+, scipy
+, matplotlib
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nimfa";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0iqcrr48jwy7nh8g13xf4rvpw9wq5qs3hyd6gqlh30mgyn9i85w7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy scipy ];
+  checkInputs = [ matplotlib pytest ];
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;  # https://github.com/marinkaz/nimfa/issues/42
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Nonnegative matrix factorization library";
+    homepage = "http://nimfa.biolab.si";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ashgillman ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1dc82363ca7..0d9d8aa62fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11330,6 +11330,8 @@ in {
 
   nilearn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nilearn {};
 
+  nimfa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nimfa {};
+
   nipy = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.4.0";
     name = "nipy-${version}";