diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/showit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/showit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4060b1a4fc51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/showit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numpy
+, matplotlib
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "showit";
+  version = "1.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "freeman-lab";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "ef76425797c71fbe3795b4302c49ab5be6b0bacb"; # no tags in repo
+    sha256 = "0xd8isrlwwxlgji90lly1sq4l2a37rqvhsmyhv7bd3aj1dyjmdr6";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+    matplotlib
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "simple and sensible display of images";
+    homepage = https://github.com/freeman-lab/showit;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 57a96ce52f44..34c2a94a45ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4463,6 +4463,8 @@ in {
 
   should-dsl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/should-dsl { };
 
+  showit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/showit { };
+
   simplejson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simplejson { };
 
   simplekml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simplekml { };