diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/inotify-simple/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inotify-simple/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d5e9d78094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inotify-simple/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "inotify-simple";
+  version = "1.1.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "inotify_simple";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "1pfqvnynwh318cakldhg7535kbs02asjsgv6s0ki12i7fgfi0b7w";
+  };
+
+  # The package has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple Python wrapper around inotify";
+    homepage = https://github.com/chrisjbillington/inotify_simple;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ earvstedt ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ad7f47b0cca..f1d0fc6200d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ in {
 
   imutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imutils { };
 
+  inotify-simple = callPackage ../development/python-modules/inotify-simple { };
+
   intake = callPackage ../development/python-modules/intake { };
 
   intelhex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/intelhex { };