diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gntp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gntp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cde1f9bb8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gntp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gntp";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1q6scs8lp84v0aph6b5c9jhv51rhq2vmzpdd38db92ybkq0g597l";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gntp" "gntp.notifier" ];
+
+  # requires a growler service to be running
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kfdm/gntp/";
+    description = "Python library for working with the Growl Notification Transport Protocol";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jfroche ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0d2e1aa1c4f..86db5b7ec2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2389,6 +2389,8 @@ in {
 
   gmusicapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gmusicapi { };
 
+  gntp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gntp { };
+
   gnureadline = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gnureadline { };
 
   gnutls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gnutls { };