diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystray/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2652fe1edc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pystray/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, pillow, xlib, six, xvfb_run, sphinx }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pystray";
+  version = "0.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "moses-palmer";
+    repo = "pystray";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0m5raxahyix3lmmbjbrsfd9yhr4vdil8gcy155hh6lqm2b1fmmss";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pillow xlib six ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ sphinx ];
+  checkInputs = [ xvfb_run ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    rm tests/icon_tests.py # test needs user input
+
+    xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 800x600x24' python setup.py test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/moses-palmer/pystray";
+    description = "This library allows you to create a system tray icon";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jojosch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b2e96c6c17ea..13f9a5ea2d97 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1252,6 +1252,8 @@ in {
 
   pystache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystache { };
 
+  pystray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystray { };
+
   pytelegrambotapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyTelegramBotAPI { };
 
   pytesseract = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytesseract { };