diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d111c3eb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, notebook
+, jsonschema
+, pythonOlder
+, requests
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyterlab_server";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "72d916a73957a880cdb885def6d8664a6d1b2760ef5dca5ad665aa1e8d1bb783";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ requests pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ notebook jsonschema ];
+
+  # test_listing test fails
+  # this is a new package and not all tests pass
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "JupyterLab Server";
+    homepage = http://jupyter.org;
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 49d87320934..36c052a655f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1803,6 +1803,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyterlab_launcher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_launcher { };
 
+  jupyterlab_server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server { };
+
   jupyterlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab {};
 
   PyLTI = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylti { };