diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3003dddce6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numpy
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sdds";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pylhc";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-JcxcF0tDigZz3upzE7rPDynCH45dnLk/zpS0a2dOwRU=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sdds" ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python 3 package to handle SDDS files";
+    homepage = "https://pylhc.github.io/sdds/";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 33f449129ee..638c770ae95 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9297,6 +9297,8 @@ in {
 
   scs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scs { };
 
+  sdds = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sdds { };
+
   sdnotify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sdnotify { };
 
   seaborn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/seaborn { };