diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/default.nix
index abf07ef7fd46..e0f77e1b7be4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/sage/default.nix
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ let
     tkinter # optional, as a matplotlib backend (use with `%matplotlib tk`)
     scipy
     ipywidgets
+    notebook # for "sage -n"
     rpy2
     sphinx
     pillow