diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xtensor-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xtensor-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d973c0906e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xtensor-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, gtest
+, xtensor
+, pybind11
+, numpy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "xtensor-python";
+  version = "0.25.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xtensor-stack";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "17la76hn4r1jv67dzz8x2pzl608r0mnvz854407mchlzj6rhsxza";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pybind11 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ xtensor numpy ];
+
+  dontUseSetuptoolsBuild = true;
+  dontUsePipInstall = true;
+  dontUseSetuptoolsCheck = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    gtest
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtensor-python";
+    description = "Python bindings for the xtensor C++ multi-dimensional array library";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lsix ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9d5f97f6def8..02d93a5524a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9187,6 +9187,8 @@ in {
 
   xstatic-pygments = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xstatic-pygments { };
 
+  xtensor-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xtensor-python { };
+
   xvfbwrapper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xvfbwrapper {
     inherit (pkgs.xorg) xorgserver;
   };