diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3644b4e48dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbclassic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, notebook
+, pythonOlder
+, jupyter_server
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-tornasync
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nbclassic";
+  version = "0.2.6";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  # tests only on github
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyterlab";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-stp0LZJAOCrnObvJIPEVt8mMb8yL29nlHECypbTg3ec=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jupyter_server notebook ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-tornasync
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter lab environment notebook server extension.";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyterlab/nbclassic";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6650e4dbb696..555c222bc0e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4467,6 +4467,8 @@ in {
 
   naturalsort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/naturalsort { };
 
+  nbclassic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbclassic { };
+
   nbclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbclient { };
 
   nbconflux = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconflux { };