diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bqplot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bqplot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..967b0a15fcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bqplot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, jupyter-packaging
+, bqscales
+, ipywidgets
+, numpy
+, pandas
+, traitlets
+, traittypes
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bqplot";
+  version = "0.12.36";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-alU+Vf28xPYuBWeb10slSdHvvkPhIK07C8sDplx5Ia8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    jupyter-packaging
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    bqscales
+    ipywidgets
+    numpy
+    pandas
+    traitlets
+    traittypes
+  ];
+
+  # no tests in PyPI dist, and not obvious to me how to build the js files from GitHub
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "bqplot"
+    "bqplot.pyplot"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "2D plotting library for Jupyter based on Grammar of Graphics";
+    homepage = "https://bqplot.github.io/bqplot";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bqscales/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bqscales/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3bd015a58f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bqscales/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, hatchling
+, jupyter-packaging
+, ipywidgets
+, numpy
+, traitlets
+, traittypes
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bqscales";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-C+/GLpqYpePngbn5W0MwvpdmVgFZF7aGHyKMgO5XM90=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    hatchling
+    jupyter-packaging
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    ipywidgets
+    numpy
+    traitlets
+    traittypes
+  ];
+
+  # no tests in PyPI dist
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "bqscales" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Grammar of Graphics scales for bqplot and other Jupyter widgets libraries";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bqplot/bqscales";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3b20fa3f4dbd..b0582347de26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1459,6 +1459,10 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   bpython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bpython { };
 
+  bqplot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bqplot { };
+
+  bqscales = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bqscales { };
+
   braceexpand = callPackage ../development/python-modules/braceexpand { };
 
   bracex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bracex { };