diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygmt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygmt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..378419cc835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygmt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, pythonOlder
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, gmt
+, numpy
+, netcdf4
+, pandas
+, packaging
+, xarray
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pygmt";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GenericMappingTools";
+    repo = "pygmt";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1yx1n6mxfmwg69ls5560nm6d3jxyghv27981iplz7m7990bbp468";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pygmt/clib/loading.py \
+      --replace "env.get(\"GMT_LIBRARY_PATH\", \"\")" "env.get(\"GMT_LIBRARY_PATH\", \"${gmt}/lib\")"
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy netcdf4 pandas packaging xarray ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # requires network access
+
+  postBuild = "export HOME=$TMP";
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pygmt" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python interface for the Generic Mapping Tools";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 72b60ba902c..ec3fdac387d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5022,6 +5022,8 @@ in {
 
   pygmo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygmo { };
 
+  pygmt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygmt { };
+
   pygobject2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygobject { inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig; };
 
   pygobject3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygobject/3.nix { inherit (pkgs) meson pkgconfig; };