diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpb/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6eaedf90bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpb/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  gfortran,
+  pkg-config,
+  blas,
+  lapack,
+  fftw,
+  hdf5,
+  libctl,
+  guile,
+  perl,
+}:
+
+assert !blas.isILP64;
+assert !lapack.isILP64;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mpb";
+  version = "1.11.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "NanoComp";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-+2cMjZSGdfngtGoAeZRPRPBDvflTEIOWO8Se0W6jv9k=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    gfortran
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    blas
+    lapack
+    fftw
+    hdf5
+    libctl
+    guile
+    perl
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-libctl=yes"
+    "--with-libctl=${libctl}"
+    "--enable-maintainer-mode"
+    "--disable-dependency-tracking"
+  ] ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic) "--enable-shared";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MIT Photonic-Bands: computation of photonic band structures in periodic media";
+    homepage = "https://mpb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      sheepforce
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meep/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meep/default.nix
index ab8e238dc6d0..6bd726428989 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meep/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   libctl,
   libGDSII,
   guile,
+  mpb,
   python,
   numpy,
   scipy,
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     libGDSII
     guile
     gsl
+    mpb
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
@@ -124,6 +126,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     mpiCheckPhaseHook
   ];
+  pythonImportCheck = [
+    "meep.mpb"
+  ];
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
 
@@ -154,12 +159,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Free finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) software for electromagnetic simulations";
     homepage = "https://meep.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       sheepforce
       markuskowa
     ];