diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bash_kernel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bash_kernel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f35d8fae690c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bash_kernel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
+, ipykernel
+, isPy27
+, pexpect
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bash_kernel";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  format = "flit";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1s2kc7m52kq28b4j1q3456g5ani6nmq4n0rpbqi3yvh7ks0rby19";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/takluyver/bash_kernel/pull/69.diff";
+      sha256 = "1qd7qjjmcph4dk6j0bl31h2fdmfiyyazvrc9xqqj8y21ki2sl33j";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ipykernel pexpect ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir tmp
+    export HOME=$PWD/tmp
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    python -m bash_kernel.install --prefix $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Bash Kernel for Jupyter";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/takluyver/bash_kernel";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ zimbatm ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8c7e0f82c8a0..90d8c177b1e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ in {
     bap = pkgs.ocamlPackages_4_02.bap;
   };
 
+  bash_kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bash_kernel { };
+
   bayespy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bayespy { };
 
   bitcoin-price-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bitcoin-price-api { };