diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-histogram/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-histogram/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd00ff5df8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fast-histogram/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pytestCheckHook
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, numpy
+, wheel
+, hypothesis
+, pytest-cov
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fast-histogram";
+  version = "0.12";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "astrofrog";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Cz4BgbtxbUPxL2NSzvZYjbYIN4KUuliUV0bXRRtyvfM=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    hypothesis
+    pytest-cov
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "${builtins.placeholder "out"}/${python.sitePackages}" ];
+
+  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fast_histogram" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/astrofrog/fast-histogram";
+    description = "Fast 1D and 2D histogram functions in Python";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ifurther ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1879c741de0e..e7e474eea0a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3795,6 +3795,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   fastapi-mail = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastapi-mail { };
 
+  fast-histogram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fast-histogram { };
+
   fastavro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastavro { };
 
   fastbencode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastbencode { };