diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
index d853a58d350..e0763725899 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ let
     mate-utils = callPackage ./mate-utils { };
     mozo = callPackage ./mozo { };
     pluma = callPackage ./pluma { };
+    python-caja = callPackage ./python-caja { };
 
     basePackages = [
       caja
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/python-caja/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/python-caja/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4eb9b72b8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/python-caja/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk3, caja, pythonPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "python-caja-${version}";
+  version = "${major-ver}.${minor-ver}";
+  major-ver = "1.18";
+  minor-ver = "1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${major-ver}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0n43cvvv29gq31hgrsf9al184cr87c3hzskrh2593rid52kwyz44";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    intltool
+    pythonPackages.wrapPython
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+    caja
+    pythonPackages.python
+    pythonPackages.pygobject3
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-cajadir=$$out/lib/caja/extensions-2.0" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python binding for Caja components";
+    homepage = https://github.com/mate-desktop/python-caja;
+    license = [ licenses.gpl2Plus ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
+  };
+}