diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-simplification/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-simplification/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b54726c898b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-simplification/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cython,
+  numpy,
+  setuptools,
+  wheel,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pyvista,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fast-simplification";
+  version = "0.1.11";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pyvista";
+    repo = "fast-simplification";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-3mqcFTNrq1W376ctJJumzeQccaB4cvoTNW8BHEnv5t8=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    numpy
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pyvista
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # need network to download data
+    "test_collapses_louis"
+    "test_human"
+  ];
+
+  # make sure import the built version, not the source one
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -r fast_simplification
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "fast_simplification"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Fast Quadratic Mesh Simplification";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pyvista/fast-simplification";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pyvista/fast-simplification/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      yzx9
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2b149871f311..106b5938a702 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4898,6 +4898,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   fast-histogram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fast-histogram { };
 
+  fast-simplification = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fast-simplification { };
+
   fastai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastai { };
 
   fastapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastapi { };