diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b62a6d4552bd..1918012708e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4060,6 +4060,41 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  i3pystatus = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    version = "3.33";
+    pname = "i3pystatus";
+    namePrefix = "";
+    disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1fs2nlzm9in8bwg8cm3567ayiha0v7k8pn793pm5fb7lywaalasy";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ keyring colour netifaces praw psutil
+      basiciw pkgs.libpulseaudio ];
+    ldWrapperSuffix = "--suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : \"${pkgs.libpulseaudio}/lib\"";
+    makeWrapperArgs = [ ldWrapperSuffix ]; # libpulseaudio.so is loaded manually
+
+    postInstall = ''
+      makeWrapper ${python.interpreter} $out/bin/${pname}-python-interpreter \
+        --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH" \
+        ${ldWrapperSuffix}
+    '';
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = https://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus;
+      description = "A complete replacement for i3status";
+      longDescription = ''
+        i3pystatus is a growing collection of python scripts for status output compatible
+        to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.
+      '';
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      platforms = platforms.linux;
+    };
+  };
+
   jdcal = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "1.0";
     name = "jdcal-${version}";