diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyperopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyperopt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a907224993e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyperopt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage
+, cloudpickle, numpy, future, networkx
+, six, tqdm, scipy, pymongo
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hyperopt";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "34xIpivBYUvcN/XMVwBkqTpLgaFlWWIduazuP2U2tlg=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future cloudpickle numpy networkx six tqdm scipy pymongo ];
+
+  # tries to use /homeless-shelter to mimic container usage, etc
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "hyperopt" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Distributed Asynchronous Hyperparameter Optimization";
+    homepage    = "http://hyperopt.github.com/hyperopt/";
+    license     = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ freezeboy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dddf6a23d51b..0570c01dda62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2826,6 +2826,8 @@ in {
 
   hyperlink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyperlink { };
 
+  hyperopt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyperopt { };
+
   hypothesis_4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hypothesis/2.nix
     { }; # File name is called 2.nix because this one will need to remain for Python 2.