diff --git a/cmake/configs/default.cmake b/cmake/configs/default.cmake
index fd6c10c58b..62465edcc9 100644
--- a/cmake/configs/default.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configs/default.cmake
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ hunter_default_version(civetweb VERSION 1.11-p0)
 hunter_default_version(clBLAS VERSION 2.10.0-p0)
 hunter_default_version(class_loader VERSION 0.4.1-p0)
 hunter_default_version(cmcstl2 VERSION 0.0.0-bee0705e99)
+hunter_default_version(cnpy VERSION 1.0.0)
 hunter_default_version(convertutf VERSION 1.0.1)
 hunter_default_version(corrade VERSION 2019.10)
 hunter_default_version(cpp-statsd-client VERSION 1.0.1-42f02b4-p0)
diff --git a/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake b/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e17958b887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/projects/cnpy/hunter.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021, Tamas Nagy (Deep Impact AG)
+# All rights reserved.
+
+# !!! DO NOT PLACE HEADER GUARDS HERE !!!
+
+include(hunter_add_version)
+include(hunter_cacheable)
+include(hunter_cmake_args)
+include(hunter_download)
+include(hunter_pick_scheme)
+
+hunter_add_version(
+        PACKAGE_NAME cnpy
+        VERSION 1.0.0
+        URL "https://github.com/DEEP-IMPACT-AG/cnpy/archive/1.0.0.tar.gz"
+        SHA1 "a030af676b769a34ace658073f6845fe0e8e9613"
+)
+
+hunter_pick_scheme(DEFAULT url_sha1_cmake)
+hunter_cacheable(cnpy)
+hunter_download(PACKAGE_NAME cnpy)
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