diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchspawner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchspawner/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebf24fb9d7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchspawner/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, jupyterhub
+, isPy27
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "batchspawner";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jupyterhub";
+    repo = "batchspawner";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0yn312sjfjpjjfciagbczfmqprk2fj4lbb3vsbzj17p948acq5w2";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jupyterhub
+  ];
+
+  # tests require a job scheduler e.g. slurm, pbs, etc.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportCheck = [ "batchspawner" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A spawner for Jupyterhub to spawn notebooks using batch resource managers";
+    homepage = "https://jupyter.org";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 866e416b64c8..5e021185e00e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5439,6 +5439,8 @@ in {
 
   babelgladeextractor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/babelgladeextractor { };
 
+  batchspawner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/batchspawner { };
+
   pybfd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybfd { };
 
   pybigwig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybigwig { };