diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f2d0135cc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/timm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, expecttest
+, pytest-timeout
+, huggingface-hub
+, pyyaml
+, torch
+, torchvision
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "timm";
+  version = "0.6.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rwightman";
+    repo = "pytorch-image-models";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RNjCcCnNhtr5a+29Bx+k427a03MSooqvnuiDQ8cT8FA=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    huggingface-hub
+    pyyaml
+    torch
+    torchvision
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ expecttest pytestCheckHook pytest-timeout ];
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests" ];
+  # takes too long and also tries to download models:
+  disabledTestPaths = [ "tests/test_models.py" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "timm"
+    "timm.data"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "PyTorch image models, scripts, and pretrained weights";
+    homepage = "https://huggingface.co/docs/timm/index";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rwightman/pytorch-image-models/blob/v${version}/README.md#whats-new";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index be3ea429793e..372d5ee182b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11436,6 +11436,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   timezonefinder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timezonefinder { };
 
+  timm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timm { };
+
   tinycss2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tinycss2 { };
 
   tinycss = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tinycss { };