diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f2143e2f20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nbformat
+, sphinx
+, ipywidgets
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyter-sphinx";
+  version = "0.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "jupyter_sphinx";
+    sha256 = "b5ba1efdd1488b385de0068036a665932ed93998e40ce3a342c60f0926781fd9";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nbformat sphinx ipywidgets ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter Sphinx Extensions";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-sphinx/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };    
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 26af65dd1aa9..00960b457252 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3121,6 +3121,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyterlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab {};
 
+  jupyter-sphinx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx { };
+
   jupytext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupytext { };
 
   PyLTI = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylti { };