diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdnotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdnotify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47845382178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sdnotify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sdnotify";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    sha256 = "1wdrdg2j16pmqhk0ify20s5pngijh7zc6hyxhh8w8v5k8v3pz5vk";
+    inherit pname version;
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A pure Python implementation of systemd's service notification protocol";
+    homepage = https://github.com/bb4242/sdnotify;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pmiddend ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 20895690169..2d7871111d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4650,6 +4650,8 @@ in {
 
   tvdb_api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tvdb_api { };
 
+  sdnotify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sdnotify { };
+
   tvnamer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tvnamer { };
 
   threadpool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/threadpool { };