diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbsmoke/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbsmoke/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2816315f1052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbsmoke/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, jupyter_client
+, ipykernel
+, nbformat
+, nbconvert
+, pyflakes
+, requests
+, beautifulsoup4
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nbsmoke";
+  version = "0.2.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "40891e556dc9e252da2a649028cacb949fc8efb81062ada7d9a87a01b08bb454";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytest
+    jupyter_client
+    ipykernel
+    nbformat
+    nbconvert
+    pyflakes
+    requests
+    beautifulsoup4
+  ];
+
+  # tests not included with pypi release
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Basic notebook checks and linting";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pyviz/nbsmoke;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8e4e639a7321..b6125f00653b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ in {
 
   nanomsg-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nanomsg-python { inherit (pkgs) nanomsg; };
 
+  nbsmoke = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbsmoke { };
+
   nbsphinx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbsphinx { };
 
   nbval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbval { };