diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-kernel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ansible-kernel/default.nix
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+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, writeText
+, ipywidgets
+, six
+, docopt
+, tqdm
+, jupyter
+, psutil
+, pyyaml
+, ansible-runner
+, ansible
+, python
+}:
+
+let
+  kernelSpecFile = writeText "kernel.json" (builtins.toJSON {
+    argv = [ "${python.interpreter}" "-m" "ansible_kernel" "-f" "{connection_file}" ];
+    codemirror_mode = "yaml";
+    display_name = "Ansible";
+    language = "ansible";
+  });
+in
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ansible-kernel";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a59039a1724c0f4f4435316e2ad3383f2328ae61f190e74414a66cc8c4637636";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ipywidgets six docopt tqdm jupyter psutil pyyaml ansible-runner ansible ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+   # remove when merged
+   # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-jupyter-kernel/pull/82
+   touch LICENSE.md
+
+   # remove custom install
+   sed -i "s/cmdclass={'install': Installer},//" setup.py
+  '';
+
+  # tests hang with launched kernel
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  # install kernel manually
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/jupyter/kernels/ansible/
+    ln -s ${kernelSpecFile} $out/share/jupyter/kernels/ansible/kernel.json
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An Ansible kernel for Jupyter";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ansible/ansible-jupyter-kernel;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}