diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab-pygments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab-pygments/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3ea20842aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab-pygments/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pygments }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyterlab_pygments";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyterlab";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "02lv63qalw4x6xs70n2w2p3c2cnhk91sr961wlbi77xs0g8fcman";
+  };
+
+  # no tests exist on upstream repo
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygments ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jupyterlab_pygments" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyterlab syntax coloring theme for pygments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-pygments/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jonringer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3a557fa20ba..a549b86df07 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3229,6 +3229,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyterlab_launcher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_launcher { };
 
+  jupyterlab-pygments = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab-pygments { };
+
   jupyterlab_server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server { };
 
   jupyter-repo2docker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-repo2docker { pkgs-docker = pkgs.docker; };