diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-array-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-array-utils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb541592bcdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-array-utils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  dask,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  hatch-docstring-description,
+  hatch-fancy-pypi-readme,
+  hatch-min-requirements,
+  hatch-vcs,
+  hatchling,
+  lib,
+  numba,
+  numpy,
+  pytest-codspeed,
+  pytest-doctestplus,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  scipy,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fast-array-utils";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "scverse";
+    repo = "fast-array-utils";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-SQaumXgjFn2+/MqllEs0zRnl2t7m2JZyOd+39vZPU2U=";
+  };
+
+  # hatch-min-requirements tries to talk to PyPI by default. See https://github.com/tlambert03/hatch-min-requirements?tab=readme-ov-file#environment-variables.
+  env.MIN_REQS_OFFLINE = "1";
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatch-docstring-description
+    hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
+    hatch-min-requirements
+    hatch-vcs
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    dask
+    numba
+    pytest-codspeed
+    pytest-doctestplus
+    pytestCheckHook
+    scipy
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "fast_array_utils.conv"
+    "fast_array_utils.types"
+    "fast_array_utils.typing"
+    "fast_array_utils"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Fast array utilities";
+    homepage = "https://icb-fast-array-utils.readthedocs-hosted.com";
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      samuela
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2c545f9d9fa2..ffcb5598eb9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4882,6 +4882,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   farama-notifications = callPackage ../development/python-modules/farama-notifications { };
 
+  fast-array-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fast-array-utils { };
+
   fast-histogram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fast-histogram { };
 
   fastai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastai { };