diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/autograd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autograd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c3c1fdefbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/autograd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, numpy, future, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "autograd";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0zd4lhz9dpll4i63jjijbzkzbgmg8h88il7lr7kmcylvadnzm2x0";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy future ];
+
+  # Currently, the PyPI tarball doesn't contain the tests. When that has been
+  # fixed, enable testing. See: https://github.com/HIPS/autograd/issues/404
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/HIPS/autograd;
+    description = "Compute derivatives of NumPy code efficiently";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2c4ab7805bd..a60fd40c70d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) augeas;
   };
 
+  autograd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/autograd { };
+
   automat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/automat { };
 
   aws-xray-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aws-xray-sdk { };