diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/inotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inotify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3590f53e1ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/inotify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "inotify";
+  version = "unstable-2020-08-27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dsoprea";
+    repo = "PyInotify";
+    rev = "f77596ae965e47124f38d7bd6587365924dcd8f7";
+    sha256 = "X0gu4s1R/Kg+tmf6s8SdZBab2HisJl4FxfdwKktubVc=";
+    fetchSubmodules = false;
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  # dunno what's wrong but the module works regardless
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dsoprea/PyInotify";
+    description = "Monitor filesystems events on Linux platforms with inotify";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a94b532bfd71..9f4a5c8fed5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3770,6 +3770,8 @@ in {
 
   inkex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/inkex { };
 
+  inotify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/inotify { };
+
   inotify-simple = callPackage ../development/python-modules/inotify-simple { };
 
   inotifyrecursive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/inotifyrecursive { };