diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastprogress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastprogress/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a542b58056536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastprogress/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, numpy
+, pytest
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fastprogress";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zhv37q6jkqd1pfhlkd4yzrc3dg83vyksgzf32mjlhd5sb0qmql9";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  # no real tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fastprogress" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fastai/fastprogress";
+    description = "Simple and flexible progress bar for Jupyter Notebook and console";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ris ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymc3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymc3/default.nix
index bda74c5063a6b..dfbfe90d2421d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymc3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymc3/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 , pytest
 , nose
 , parameterized
+, fastprogress
+, typing-extensions
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     h5py
     arviz
     packaging
+    fastprogress
+    typing-extensions
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # The test suite is computationally intensive and test failures are not
   # indicative for package usability hence tests are disabled by default.
   doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pymc3" ];
 
   # For some reason tests are run as a part of the *install* phase if enabled.
   # Theano writes compiled code to ~/.theano hence we set $HOME.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b7346675e64bd..d4fd4a9b45e26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2002,6 +2002,8 @@ in {
 
   fastpbkdf2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastpbkdf2 { };
 
+  fastprogress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastprogress { };
+
   fastrlock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastrlock { };
 
   fasttext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fasttext { };