diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..845fba749d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, matplotlib
+, setuptools
+, sympy
+, numpy
+, ipython
+, hdf5
+, nose
+, cython
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "yt";
+  version = "3.5.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "c8ef8eceb934dc189d63dc336109fad3002140a9a32b19f38d1812d5d5a30d71";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cython
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    matplotlib
+    setuptools
+    sympy
+    numpy
+    ipython
+    hdf5
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    cd $out/${python.sitePackages}
+    HOME=$(mktemp -d) nosetests yt
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An analysis and visualization toolkit for volumetric data";
+    homepage = https://github.com/yt-project/yt;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 53cc2e0001c..e6383723f68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1172,6 +1172,8 @@ in {
 
   yarg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yarg { };
 
+  yt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yt { };
+
   # packages defined here
 
   aafigure = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aafigure { };