diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d52951ee9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/professor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, eigen, makeWrapper, python3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "professor";
+  version = "2.3.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    name = "Professor-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://professor.hepforge.org/downloads/?f=Professor-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "17q026r2fpfxzf74d1013ksy3a9m57rcr2q164n9x02ci40bmib0";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace '-shared -o' '-shared -install_name "$(out)/$@" -o'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3.pkgs.cython makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ python3 eigen ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ iminuit numpy matplotlib yoda ];
+
+  CPPFLAGS = [ "-I${eigen}/include/eigen3" ];
+  PREFIX = placeholder "out";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for prog in "$out"/bin/*; do
+      wrapProgram "$prog" --set PYTHONPATH "$PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath "$out")"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckTarget = "check";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A tuning tool for Monte Carlo event generators";
+    homepage = "https://professor.hepforge.org/";
+    license = licenses.unfree; # no license specified
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.veprbl ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/iminuit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/iminuit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bfb66fe4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/iminuit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, fetchPypi, cmake, numpy, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "iminuit";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "350c13d33f3ec5884335aea1cc11a17ae49dd8e6b2181c3f1b3c9c27e2e0b228";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit";
+    description = "Python interface for the Minuit2 C++ library";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit lgpl2Only ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 01a70493236..5e02ba5c0a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28445,6 +28445,8 @@ in
 
   elmerfem = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/elmerfem {};
 
+  professor = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/professor { };
+
   sacrifice = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/sacrifice {};
 
   sherpa = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/sherpa {};
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 97b4c2a3e9d..2577df042fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3277,6 +3277,8 @@ in {
 
   imgsize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imgsize { };
 
+  iminuit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/iminuit { };
+
   immutables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/immutables { };
 
   impacket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/impacket { };