diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/nvpy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/nvpy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2eb25ac83fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/nvpy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ pkgs, fetchurl, tk, buildPythonPackage, pythonPackages }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.9.2";
+  name = "nvpy-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "78e41b80fc5549cba8cfd92b52d6530e8dfc8e8f37e96e4b219f30c266af811d";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [tk];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pythonPackages.markdown
+    pythonPackages.tkinter
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -dm755 "$out/share/licenses/nvpy/"
+    install -m644 LICENSE.txt "$out/share/licenses/nvpy/LICENSE"
+
+    install -dm755 "$out/share/doc/nvpy/"
+    install -m644 README.rst "$out/share/doc/nvpy/README"
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/nvpy --set TK_LIBRARY "${tk}/lib/${tk.libPrefix}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simplenote-syncing note-taking tool inspired by Notational Velocity";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cpbotha/nvpy";
+    license = pkgs.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 73cfc6f005ec..342cf7a5c750 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8139,6 +8139,8 @@ let
 
   nvi = callPackage ../applications/editors/nvi { };
 
+  nvpy = callPackage ../applications/editors/nvpy { };
+
   ocrad = callPackage ../applications/graphics/ocrad { };
 
   offrss = callPackage ../applications/networking/offrss { };