diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93177733dedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aionotify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, asynctest
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "aionotify";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rbarrois";
+    repo = "aionotify";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1sk9i8czxgsbrswsf1nlb4c82vgnlzi8zrvrxdip92w2z8hqh43y";
+  };
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    asynctest
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rbarrois/aionotify";
+    description = "Simple, asyncio-based inotify library for Python";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd2 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thiagokokada ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f58b678f52d3..26f94af1bd8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ in {
 
   aiomysql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aiomysql { };
 
+  aionotify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aionotify { };
+
   aioprocessing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioprocessing { };
 
   aioredis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/aioredis { };