diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bumps/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bumps/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7ba5f3626c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bumps/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, six}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "bumps";
+  version = "0.7.6";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [six];
+
+  # Bumps does not provide its own tests.py, so the test
+  # always fails
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ahzw8ls9wsz2ks668s15zskyykib52fhi07mg50hp7lw9avqb5k";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.reflectometry.org/danse/software.html;
+    description = "Data fitting with bayesian uncertainty analysis";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rprospero ];
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 298c8145b0ee..8759680e5e7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1321,6 +1321,8 @@ in {
     enablePython = true;
   });
 
+  bumps = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bumps {};
+
   buttersink = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "buttersink-0.6.8";