diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bdc7247b3d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, numpy, scipy, six, paramz, nose, matplotlib, cython }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "GPy";
+  version = "1.7.7";
+  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1b4siirlkqic1lsn9bi9mnp8fpbpw1ijwv0z2i6r2zdrk3d6szs1";
+  };
+
+  # running tests produces "ImportError: cannot import name 'linalg_cython'"
+  # even though Cython has run
+  checkPhase = "nosetests -d";
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ cython ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy scipy six paramz matplotlib ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Gaussian process framework in Python";
+    homepage = https://sheffieldml.github.io/GPy;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fce88250970e..7c6cdcd5faaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6224,6 +6224,8 @@ in {
     '';
   };
 
+  gpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gpy { };
+
   gitdb = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "gitdb-0.6.4";