diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b8140bfa51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "errbot-${version}";
+  version = "4.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/e/errbot/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1f1nw4m58dvmw0a37gbnihgdxxr3sz0l39653jigq9ysh3nznifv";
+  };
+
+  disabled = !pythonPackages.isPy3k;
+
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-dnspython.patch
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
+    pep8 mock pytest pytest_xdist
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
+    webtest bottle threadpool rocket-errbot requests2 jinja2
+    pyopenssl colorlog Yapsy markdown ansi pygments dns pep8
+    daemonize pygments-markdown-lexer telegram irc slackclient
+    pyside sleekxmpp hypchat
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Chatbot designed to be simple to extend with plugins written in Python";
+    homepage = http://errbot.io/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/fix-dnspython.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/fix-dnspython.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e2b037d78de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/errbot/fix-dnspython.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index d57d4e8..9d036fc 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if PY2:
+              'backports.functools_lru_cache',
+              'configparser>=3.5.0b2']  # This is a backport from Python 3
+ else:
+-    deps += ['dnspython3', ]  # dnspython3 for SRV records
++    deps += ['dnspython', ]  # dnspython for SRV records
+ 
+ if not PY35_OR_GREATER:
+     deps += ['typing', ]  # backward compatibility for 3.3 and 3.4
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a991f32d3cbe..7225a4e65e07 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12617,6 +12617,10 @@ in
 
   eq10q = callPackage ../applications/audio/eq10q { };
 
+  errbot = callPackage ../applications/networking/errbot {
+    pythonPackages = python3Packages;
+  };
+
   espeak = callPackage ../applications/audio/espeak { };
 
   espeakedit = callPackage ../applications/audio/espeak/edit.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 10314361eee9..6da48c3db37d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -28049,4 +28049,263 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  threadpool = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "threadpool-${version}";
+    version = "1.3.2";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/t/threadpool/${name}.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "197gzrxn9lbk0q1v079814c6s05cr4rwzyl6c1m6inkyif4yzr6c";
+    };
+  };
+
+  rocket-errbot = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "rocket-errbot-${version}";
+    version = "1.2.5";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/r/rocket-errbot/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "181y1wqjvlry5xdzbliajvrxvswzh3myh795jnj1pm92r5grqzda";
+    };
+  };
+
+  Yapsy = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "Yapsy-${version}";
+    version = "1.11.223";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/y/yapsy/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "19pjsnqizswnczhlav4lb7zlzs0n73ijrsgksy4374b14jkkkfs5";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+  };
+
+  ansi = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "ansi-${version}";
+    version = "0.1.3";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/a/ansi/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "06y6470bzvlqys3zi2vc68rmk9n05v1ibral14gbfpgfa8fzy7pg";
+    };
+  };
+
+  pygments-markdown-lexer = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "pygments-markdown-lexer-${version}";
+    version = "0.1.0.dev39";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pygments-markdown-lexer/${name}.zip";
+      sha256 = "1pzb5wy23q3fhs0rqzasjnw6hdzwjngpakb73i98cn0b8lk8q4jc";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pygments ];
+  };
+
+  telegram = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "telegram-${version}";
+    version = "0.0.1";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/t/telegram/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1495l2ml8mg120wfvqhikqkfczhwwaby40vdmsz8v2l69jps01fl";
+    };
+  };
+
+  irc = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "irc-${version}";
+    version = "14.2.2";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/i/irc/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0a6qjl4fjj98wxc8gaf5rxg94v7a0ydjdiw6pcka5fy814xl2i28";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
+      six jaraco_logging jaraco_text jaraco_stream jaraco_stream pytz
+      jaraco_itertools
+    ];
+  };
+
+  jaraco_logging = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.logging-${version}";
+    version = "1.5";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.logging/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1lvw9zphiymiiar47kd0x0dbc9x2jks8w1kirg3ff8nd80k95j05";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ tempora six ];
+  };
+
+  jaraco_text = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.text-${version}";
+    version = "1.7";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.text/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "07ccc0zc28sb1kyfyviw3n8f581qynrshqvqg1xsp4gkf1m2ibhh";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ jaraco_functools jaraco_collections ];
+  };
+
+  jaraco_collections = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.collections-${version}";
+    version = "1.3.2";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.collections/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0mvyn9d4bs5zw9z84wwsbgff6s28vg6h4i8qhyb667fqi7xgr1w5";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six jaraco_classes ];
+
+    # break dependency cycle
+    patchPhase = ''
+      sed -i "/'jaraco.text',/d" setup.py
+    '';
+  };
+
+  jaraco_itertools = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.itertools-${version}";
+    version = "1.7.1";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.itertools/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0yvxp5nwhy4wc4naq5v152vbnxqcn5k031g089chq2lk5kr7np5z";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ inflect more-itertools six ];
+  };
+
+  inflect = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "inflect-${version}";
+    version = "0.2.5";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/i/inflect/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "065866j9msrivbr74yrag53ch0lav7xz18qvjkiblkhinbfch510";
+    };
+  };
+
+  more-itertools = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "more-itertools-${version}";
+    version = "2.2";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/m/more-itertools/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1q3wqsg44z01g7i5z6j1wc0nf5c5h8g77xny6fia2gddqw2jxrlk";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+  };
+
+  jaraco_functools = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.functools-${version}";
+    version = "1.11";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.functools/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "08n7vxdbsl0637b1ap2x3rg698d2as0wzvvpx05dzkrdgsgxrx3g";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+  };
+
+  jaraco_classes = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.classes-${version}";
+    version = "1.4";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.classes/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1yn1wa6m5rdhk4grmnycx3i5pzzdlwfx83h944c9g5rqggmg612h";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+  };
+
+  jaraco_stream = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "jaraco.stream-${version}";
+    version = "1.1.1";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jaraco.stream/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0iwg5ljc2z8wwyl2wv7lldwviwd0q4rsccascyqvqqs0l2rcn4gi";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six ];
+  };
+
+  slackclient = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "slackclient-${version}";
+    version = "1.0.0";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/s/slackclient/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "063cbzp1fbdipv53gb0hnban1pg80pls0lbld98lhnykzkcb6vf0";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ websocket_client requests2 ];
+  };
+
+  tempora = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "tempora-${version}";
+    version = "1.4";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/t/tempora/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0ysvns22i5hzhl5ln4n86bq10j8xwvd09z8qw1zjr3s0fj3lynza";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    buildInputs = with self; [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six ];
+  };
+
+  hypchat = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "hypchat-${version}";
+    version = "0.21";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/h/hypchat/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1sd8f3gihagaqd848dqy6xw457fa4f9bla1bfyni7fq3h76sjdzg";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests2 six dateutil ];
+  };
 }