diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5134ffb2d6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, nbval
+, ipywidgets
+, numpy
+, six
+, traittypes
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipydatawidgets";
+  version = "4.0.1";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1h7cppy959q6x5rvkdjhzxhqh57s37i2xsish5rfavcqbp2xgk4g";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    ipywidgets
+    numpy
+    six
+    traittypes
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestcov nbval ];
+
+  checkPhase = "pytest ipydatawidgets/tests";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Widgets to help facilitate reuse of large datasets across different widgets";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vidartf/ipydatawidgets";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/traittypes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/traittypes/default.nix
index 9814f740ebc4..2c8f6dd80312 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/traittypes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/traittypes/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv
+{ lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ numpy pandas xarray nose pytest ];
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "Trait types for NumPy, SciPy, XArray, and Pandas";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/traittypes";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c83987ee6b40..e40fa679622e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4104,6 +4104,8 @@ in {
 
   ipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/IPy { };
 
+  ipydatawidgets = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipydatawidgets { };
+
   ipykernel = if pythonOlder "3.4" then
       callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipykernel/4.nix { }
     else