diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix
index 72af8aff106b..d414cb756114 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , faacSupport ? false, faac ? null
 , flacSupport ? true, flac ? null
 , soxSupport ? true, sox ? null
-, vorbisSupport ? true, vorbisTools ? null 
+, vorbisSupport ? true, vorbisTools ? null
 }:
 
 assert mp3Support -> lame != null;
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ assert flacSupport -> flac != null;
 assert soxSupport -> sox != null;
 assert vorbisSupport -> vorbisTools != null;
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+let
+  zeroconf = pythonPackages.callPackage ./zeroconf.nix { };
+
+in pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "pulseaudio-dlna";
   version = "2017-11-01";
 
@@ -24,13 +27,14 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     rev = "4472928dd23f274193f14289f59daec411023ab0";
     sha256 = "1dfn7036vrq49kxv4an7rayypnm5dlawsf02pfsldw877hzdamqk";
   };
-  
+
   # pulseaudio-dlna has no tests
   doCheck = false;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
     dbus-python docopt requests setproctitle protobuf psutil futures
-    chardet notify2 netifaces pyroute2 pygobject2 lxml zeroconf ]
+    chardet notify2 netifaces pyroute2 pygobject2 lxml ]
+    ++ [ zeroconf ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional mp3Support lame
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional opusSupport opusTools
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional faacSupport faac
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9532c467d2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pulseaudio-dlna/zeroconf.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ifaddr
+, typing
+, isPy27
+, pythonOlder
+, netifaces
+, six
+, enum-compat
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zeroconf";
+  version = "0.19.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0ykzg730n915qbrq9bn5pn06bv6rb5zawal4sqjyfnjjm66snkj3";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ netifaces six enum-compat ifaddr ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.5") [ typing ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A pure python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jstasiak/python-zeroconf;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+}