diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bdb2affc53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, cython
+, numpy
+, scipy
+, sympy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pydy";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1b487a62b55a8c8664009b09bf789254b2c942cd704a380bedb1057418c94fa2";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+    cython
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+    scipy
+    sympy
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python tool kit for multi-body dynamics";
+    homepage = http://pydy.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e6383723f68..d8d8b3b5488 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -844,6 +844,8 @@ in {
 
   pydocumentdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydocumentdb { };
 
+  pydy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydy { };
+
   pyexiv2 = disabledIf isPy3k (toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexiv2 {}));
 
   py3exiv2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py3exiv2 { };