diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab-git/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab-git/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91ae426147cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyterlab-git/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, notebook
+, nbdime
+, git
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyterlab_git";
+  version = "0.20.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0qs3wrcils07xlz698xr7giqf9v63n2qb338mlh7wql93rmjg45i";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ notebook nbdime git ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest jupyterlab_git/ --ignore=jupyterlab_git/tests/test_handlers.py
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jupyterlab_git" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter lab extension for version control with Git.";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chiroptical ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a47c2314cd1c..1ce7dd0767ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3349,6 +3349,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyterlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab {};
 
+  jupyterlab-git = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab-git {};
+
   jupyter-sphinx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-sphinx { };
 
   jupytext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupytext { };