diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 87639fc55d48..d51c11e14914 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -2314,6 +2314,12 @@
     githubId = 811527;
     name = "Christopher Jefferson";
   };
+  chrispattison = {
+    email = "chpattison@gmail.com";
+    github = "ChrisPattison";
+    githubId = 641627;
+    name = "Chris Pattison";
+  };
   chrispickard = {
     email = "chrispickard9@gmail.com";
     github = "chrispickard";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/galois/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/galois/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4d66188e312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/galois/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-xdist
+, numpy
+, numba
+, typing-extensions
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "galois";
+  version = "0.0.32";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mhostetter";
+    repo = "galois";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+cxRLrfqk3N9pWKCVsTxruZwMYZ5dQyKJRnrb8y+ECM=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+    numba
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-xdist
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+     substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+       --replace "numpy >= 1.18.4, < 1.23" "numpy >= 1.18.4"
+    '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "galois" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python 3 package that extends NumPy arrays to operate over finite fields";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mhostetter/galois";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/mhostetter/galois/releases";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chrispattison ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 66394cb6e8bd..3f94580e2664 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3459,6 +3459,8 @@ in {
     pythonPackages = self;
   });
 
+  galois = callPackage ../development/python-modules/galois { };
+
   gamble = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gamble { };
 
   gaphas = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gaphas { };