diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbexec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbexec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5eec122cdc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbexec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+# build inputs
+, jupyter-client
+, nbformat
+, nbconvert
+# check inputs
+, unittestCheckHook
+, ipykernel
+}:
+let
+  pname = "nbexec";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+in
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit pname version;
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jsvine";
+    repo = "nbexec";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Vv6EHX6WlnSmzQAYlO1mHnz5t078z3RQfVfte1+X2pw=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jupyter-client
+    nbformat
+    nbconvert
+  ];
+
+  # TODO there is a warning about debugpy_stream missing
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    unittestCheckHook
+    ipykernel
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  unittestFlagsArray = [
+    "-s" "test" "-v"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "nbexec"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A dead-simple tool for executing Jupyter notebooks from the command line.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jsvine/nbexec";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jsvine/nbexec/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2236d8aa529e..3e828f522ba1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6770,6 +6770,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   nbdime = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbdime { };
 
+  nbexec = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbexec { };
+
   nbformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbformat { };
 
   nbmerge = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbmerge { };