diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/boost-histogram/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boost-histogram/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f644c8c9c20f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/boost-histogram/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy3k, boost, numpy, pytestCheckHook, pytest-benchmark }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "boost-histogram";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "boost_histogram";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "b79cb9a00c5b8e44ff24ffcbec0ce5d3048dd1570c8592066344b6d2f2369fa2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytest-benchmark ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for the C++14 Boost::Histogram library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-hep/boost-histogram";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix
index 3a375b8d284b..989433b499d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyarrow/default.nix
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A cross-language development platform for in-memory data";
     homepage = "https://arrow.apache.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 257e3957b492..2b64f10ad90a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1146,6 +1146,10 @@ in {
 
   boschshcpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boschshcpy { };
 
+  boost-histogram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boost-histogram {
+    inherit (pkgs) boost;
+  };
+
   boto3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boto3 { };
 
   boto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boto { };