diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..658ec4f99ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/yoda/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python2Packages, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "yoda-${version}";
+  version = "1.6.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.hepforge.org/archive/yoda/YODA-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1i8lmj63cd3qnxl9k2cb1abap2pirhx7ffinm834wbpy9iszwxql";
+  };
+
+  pythonPath = []; # python wrapper support
+
+  buildInputs = with python2Packages; [ python numpy matplotlib makeWrapper ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for prog in "$out"/bin/*; do
+      wrapProgram "$prog" --set PYTHONPATH $PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath "$out")
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Provides small set of data analysis (specifically histogramming) classes";
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    homepage    = https://yoda.hepforge.org;
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13470090d874..32087ed870e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16719,6 +16719,8 @@ in
 
   hepmc = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/hepmc { };
 
+  yoda = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/yoda { };
+
   ### MISC
 
   antimicro = qt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/antimicro { };