diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 076e8a8d9b97..03bb433ae9db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2672,6 +2672,18 @@ pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1kh4spwgqxm534qlzzf2ijchckvs0pwjxl1irhicjmlg7mybnfvx";
     };
 
+    patches = pkgs.lib.singleton (fetchurl {
+      name = "libnotify07.patch";
+      url = "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/notify-python.git/plain/"
+          + "libnotify07.patch?id2=289573d50ae4838a1658d573d2c9f4c75e86db0c";
+      sha256 = "1lqdli13mfb59xxbq4rbq1f0znh6xr17ljjhwmzqb79jl3dig12z";
+    });
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      sed -i -e '/^PYGTK_CODEGEN/s|=.*|="${pygtk}/bin/pygtk-codegen-2.0"|' \
+        configure
+    '';
+
     buildInputs = [ python pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.libnotify pygobject pygtk pkgs.glib pkgs.gtk pkgs.dbus_glib ];
 
     postInstall = "cd $out/lib/python*/site-packages && ln -s gtk-*/pynotify .";