diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/napari-nifti/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/napari-nifti/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6f2f67abb10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/napari-nifti/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  pythonOlder,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  medvol,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "napari-nifti";
+  version = "0.0.17";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "MIC-DKFZ";
+    repo = "napari-nifti";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-JDyJMg6rsGkfEHBwqKc2L6oRO5Y1MJJlEjUuuqp7URQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ medvol ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "napari_nifti" ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # no tests
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Napari plugin for reading and writing NIFTI files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/MIC-DKFZ/napari-nifti";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/MIC-DKFZ/napari-nifti/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    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 01b118d830b7..7579546d7652 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8964,6 +8964,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   napari-console = callPackage ../development/python-modules/napari-console { };
 
+  napari-nifti = callPackage ../development/python-modules/napari-nifti { };
+
   napari-npe2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/napari-npe2 { };
 
   napari-plugin-engine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/napari-plugin-engine { };