diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..695db93d4de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/qnotero/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, python3, python3Packages
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "qnotero-${version}";
+
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "smathot";
+    repo = "qnotero";
+    rev = "release/${version}";
+    name = "qnotero-${version}-src";
+    sha256 = "1d5a9k1llzn9q1qv1bfwc7gfflabh4riplz9jj0hf04b279y1bj0";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3 python3Packages.pyqt4 ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+      substituteInPlace ./setup.py \
+        --replace "/usr/share" "$out/usr/share"
+
+      substituteInPlace ./libqnotero/_themes/default.py \
+        --replace "/usr/share" "$out/usr/share"
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/usr/share/qnotero"
+      mv resources "$out/usr/share/qnotero"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Quick access to Zotero references";
+    homepage = http://www.cogsci.nl/software/qnotero;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0ec1c1c0e788..50884cde0289 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13299,6 +13299,8 @@ let
 
   qmmp = callPackage ../applications/audio/qmmp { };
 
+  qnotero = callPackage ../applications/office/qnotero { };
+
   qrcode = callPackage ../tools/graphics/qrcode {};
 
   qsampler = callPackage ../applications/audio/qsampler { };