diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 09279ac608fa..cdc036823b44 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -3741,6 +3741,12 @@
     githubId = 130903;
     name = "Ana Hobden";
   };
+  holgerpeters = {
+    name = "Holger Peters";
+    email = "holger.peters@posteo.de";
+    github = "HolgerPeters";
+    githubId = 4097049;
+  };
   hrdinka = {
     email = "c.nix@hrdinka.at";
     github = "hrdinka";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-autobuild/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-autobuild/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..958c1a6b19c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-autobuild/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, sphinx
+, livereload
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sphinx-autobuild";
+  version = "2020.9.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vbaf4vrxahylyp8zrlw5dx1d2faajp926c3pl5i1wlkp1yll62b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx livereload ];
+
+  # No tests included.
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "sphinx_autobuild" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Rebuild Sphinx documentation on changes, with live-reload in the browser";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/executablebooks/sphinx-autobuild";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainer = with maintainers; [holgerpeters];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c15f0393bc2c..1097fe771097 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7343,6 +7343,8 @@ in {
 
   sphinx-argparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse { };
 
+  sphinx-autobuild = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse { };
+
   sphinx-jinja = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-jinja { };
 
   sphinx-navtree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-navtree { };