diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b2869e10d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyppo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy27
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook , pytestcov , numba
+, numpy
+, scikitlearn
+, scipy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hyppo";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "neurodata";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0qdnb1l4hz4dgwhapz1fp9sb2vxxvr8h2ngsbvyf50h3kapcn19r";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numba
+    numpy
+    scikitlearn
+    scipy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pytestcov ];
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--ignore=docs" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/neurodata/hyppo";
+    description = "Indepedence testing in Python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ed2d3709e59..7f8eb5647e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2764,6 +2764,8 @@ in {
 
   hypothesis = if isPy3k then callPackage ../development/python-modules/hypothesis { } else self.hypothesis_4;
 
+  hyppo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyppo { };
+
   i3ipc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/i3ipc { };
 
   i3-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/i3-py { };