diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57c4a9c96d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, jupyter_client
+, ipython
+, ipykernel
+, prompt_toolkit_1
+, pygments
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyter_console";
+  version = "5.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "545dedd3aaaa355148093c5609f0229aeb121b4852995c2accfa64fe3e0e55cd";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jupyter_client
+    ipython
+    ipykernel
+    prompt_toolkit_1
+    pygments
+  ];
+
+  # ValueError: underlying buffer has been detached
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Jupyter terminal console";
+    homepage = "http://jupyter.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/default.nix
index 26b52c41c23..aa028785013 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter_console/default.nix
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@
 , ipykernel
 , prompt_toolkit
 , pygments
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jupyter_console";
-  version = "5.2.0";
+  version = "6.0.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "545dedd3aaaa355148093c5609f0229aeb121b4852995c2accfa64fe3e0e55cd";
+    sha256 = "308ce876354924fb6c540b41d5d6d08acfc946984bf0c97777c1ddcb42e0b2f5";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [ nose ];
@@ -34,6 +36,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Jupyter terminal console";
     homepage = "http://jupyter.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8b5dce2605d..49d87320934 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1796,7 +1796,10 @@ in {
 
   jupyter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter { };
 
-  jupyter_console = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter_console { };
+  jupyter_console = if pythonOlder "3.5" then
+       callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter_console/5.nix { }
+     else
+       callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter_console { };
 
   jupyterlab_launcher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_launcher { };