diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pims/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pims/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e45d5203e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pims/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, slicerator
+, scikitimage
+, six
+, numpy
+, tifffile
+, pytest
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.4.1";
+  pname = "PIMS";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "6a53a155e900b44e71127a1e1fccbfbaed7eec3c2b52497c40c23a05f334c9dd";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ slicerator six numpy tifffile scikitimage ];
+
+  # not everything packaged with pypi release
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/soft-matter/pims;
+    description = "Python Image Sequence: Load video and sequential images in many formats with a simple, consistent interface";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4c6c82b06a61..4a4211e7f597 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ in {
 
   phonopy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/phonopy { };
 
+  pims = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pims { };
+
   plantuml = callPackage ../tools/misc/plantuml { };
 
   pymysql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymysql { };