diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 3f60da6e7a7a..c5afc7faff92 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -3945,6 +3945,16 @@
     githubId = 2736480;
     name = "Johannes Frankenau";
   };
+  jfroche = {
+    name = "Jean-François Roche";
+    email = "jfroche@pyxel.be";
+    github = "jfroche";
+    githubId = 207369;
+    keys = [{
+      longkeyid = "dsa1024/0xD1D09DE169EA19A0";
+      fingerprint = "7EB1 C02A B62B B464 6D7C  E4AE D1D0 9DE1 69EA 19A0";
+    }];
+  };
   jgeerds = {
     email = "jascha@geerds.org";
     github = "jgeerds";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apprise/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apprise/default.nix
index 1c140266b9eb..4dac5602b370 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apprise/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apprise/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
 , Babel, requests, requests_oauthlib, six, click, markdown, pyyaml
-, pytestrunner, coverage, flake8, mock, pytest, pytestcov, tox
+, pytestrunner, coverage, flake8, mock, pytest, pytestcov, tox, gntp, sleekxmpp
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
-    pytestrunner coverage flake8 mock pytest pytestcov tox
+    pytestrunner coverage flake8 mock pytest pytestcov tox gntp sleekxmpp
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gntp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gntp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cde1f9bb8ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gntp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gntp";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1q6scs8lp84v0aph6b5c9jhv51rhq2vmzpdd38db92ybkq0g597l";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gntp" "gntp.notifier" ];
+
+  # requires a growler service to be running
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kfdm/gntp/";
+    description = "Python library for working with the Growl Notification Transport Protocol";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jfroche ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ec3fdac387dd..945f55adc70d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2397,6 +2397,8 @@ in {
 
   gmusicapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gmusicapi { };
 
+  gntp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gntp { };
+
   gnureadline = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gnureadline { };
 
   gnutls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gnutls { };