diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d5851929075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchPypi
+, pygobject3
+, dbus-python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "notify2";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0z8rrv9rsg1r2qgh2dxj3dfj5xnki98kgi3w839kqby4a26i1yik";
+  };
+
+
+  # Tests require Xorg and Dbus instance
+  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygobject3
+                            dbus-python ]; 
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Pure Python interface to DBus notifications";
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/takluyver/pynotify2;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mog ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0eebd578c3a3..18d8b553bf84 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11319,6 +11319,8 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
+  notify2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/notify2 {};
+
   notmuch = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-${pkgs.notmuch.name}";