diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-astropy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-astropy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..272b1fa56b90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-astropy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, pytest-doctestplus
+, pytest-remotedata
+, pytest-openfiles
+, pytest-arraydiff
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-astropy";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "6f28fb81dcdfa745f423b8f6d0303d97357d775b4128bcc2b3668f1602fd5a0b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytest-doctestplus
+    pytest-remotedata
+    pytest-openfiles
+    pytest-arraydiff
+  ];
+
+  # pytest-astropy is a meta package and has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Meta-package containing dependencies for testing";
+    homepage = https://astropy.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 26c5858cac1c..9e2c25be0145 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1897,6 +1897,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-arraydiff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-arraydiff { };
 
+  pytest-astropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-astropy { };
+
   pytest-benchmark = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-benchmark { };
 
   pytestcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytestcache { };