diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/7.9.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/7.9.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c097bdbe9e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipython/7.9.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+# Build dependencies
+, glibcLocales
+# Test dependencies
+, nose
+, pygments
+# Runtime dependencies
+, jedi
+, decorator
+, pickleshare
+, traitlets
+, prompt_toolkit
+, pexpect
+, appnope
+, backcall
+, fetchpatch
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipython";
+  version = "7.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "103jkw18z7fnwdal1mdbijjxi1fndzn31g887lmj7ddpf2r07lyz";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'gnureadline'" " "
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose pygments ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jedi
+    decorator
+    pickleshare
+    traitlets
+    prompt_toolkit
+    pygments
+    pexpect
+    backcall
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [appnope];
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  doCheck = false; # Circular dependency with ipykernel
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "IPython"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "IPython: Productive Interactive Computing";
+    homepage = http://ipython.org/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjornfor fridh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a4936330ce4e..faa2b1695fcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3715,8 +3715,10 @@ in {
 
   ipyparallel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipyparallel { };
 
-  ipython = if pythonOlder "3.5" then
+  ipython = if isPy27 then
       callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipython/5.nix { }
+    else if isPy35 then
+      callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipython/7.9.nix { }
     else
       callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipython { };