diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ce3012513c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datashader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, dask
+, distributed
+, bokeh
+, toolz
+, datashape
+, numba
+, numpy
+, pandas
+, pillow
+, xarray
+, colorcet
+, param
+, pyct
+, pyyaml
+, requests
+, scikitimage
+, scipy
+, pytest
+, pytest-benchmark
+, flake8
+, nbsmoke
+, fastparquet
+, testpath
+, nbconvert
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "datashader";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "5baf218713dc1ad4791f7bcf606ef8f618273945e788c59f9573aebd7cb851f8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dask
+    distributed
+    bokeh
+    toolz
+    datashape
+    numba
+    numpy
+    pandas
+    pillow
+    xarray
+    colorcet
+    param
+    pyct
+    pyyaml
+    requests
+    scikitimage
+    scipy
+    testpath
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytest-benchmark
+    flake8
+    nbsmoke
+    fastparquet
+    pandas
+    nbconvert
+  ];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'testpath<0.4'" "'testpath'"
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest datashader
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Data visualization toolchain based on aggregating into a grid";
+    homepage = https://datashader.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bdd570872546..3f6eca574790 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ in {
 
   datasette = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datasette { };
 
+  datashader = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datashader { };
+
   dbf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbf { };
 
   dbfread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbfread { };