diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/3.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9aa6148643bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/3.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, wxGTK, pythonPackages, openglSupport ? true }:
+
+assert wxGTK.unicode;
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+let version = "3.0.0.0"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "wxPython-${version}";
+  
+  builder = ./builder3.0.sh;
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/wxpython/wxPython-src-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "af88695e820dd914e8375dc91ecb736f6fb605979bb38460ace61bbea494dc11";
+  };
+  
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig wxGTK (wxGTK.gtk) pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ]
+                ++ optional openglSupport pythonPackages.pyopengl;
+
+  inherit openglSupport;
+
+  passthru = { inherit wxGTK openglSupport; };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder3.0.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder3.0.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7403c67d0912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder3.0.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+flags="WXPORT=gtk2 NO_HEADERS=1 BUILD_GLCANVAS=${openglSupport?1:0} UNICODE=1"
+
+configurePhase() {
+    cd wxPython
+}
+
+buildPhase() {
+    python setup.py $flags build
+}
+
+installPhase() {
+    python setup.py $flags install --prefix=$out
+
+    # Ugly workaround for Nixpkgs/111.
+    ln -s $out/lib/python*/site-packages/wx-*-gtk2-unicode/* $out/lib/python*/site-packages
+    
+    wrapPythonPrograms    
+}
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dd7d187693c3..cfa792a21d19 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7610,6 +7610,12 @@ rec {
     wxGTK = pkgs.wxGTK28;
   };
 
+  wxPython30 = import ../development/python-modules/wxPython/3.0.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig;
+    inherit pythonPackages;
+    wxGTK = pkgs.wxGTK30;
+  };
+
   xe = buildPythonPackage rec {
     url = "http://www.blarg.net/%7Esteveha/xe-0.7.4.tar.gz";
     name = stdenv.lib.nameFromURL url ".tar";