diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclient/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18704eaee08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclient/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder,
+  async_generator, traitlets, nbformat, nest-asyncio, jupyter_client,
+  pytest, xmltodict, nbconvert, ipywidgets
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nbclient";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1id6m2dllkjpbv2w0yazxhlkhdd9cac6lxv9csf053il9wq322lk";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest xmltodict nbconvert ipywidgets ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ async_generator traitlets nbformat nest-asyncio jupyter_client ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter/nbclient";
+    description = "A client library for executing notebooks";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 87a5e756f0f..a7e32755b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4750,6 +4750,8 @@ in {
 
   names = callPackage ../development/python-modules/names { };
 
+  nbclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbclient { };
+
   nbconflux = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconflux { };
 
   nbconvert = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconvert { };