diff --git a/srcpkgs/notmuch-python b/srcpkgs/notmuch-python
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..67778b7eb37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/notmuch-python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+notmuch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/notmuch/template b/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
index 156feeacf20..c73e943e660 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/notmuch/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'notmuch'
 pkgname=notmuch
 version=0.25.2
-revision=1
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python-Sphinx"
+revision=2
+hostmakedepends="python-devel python-setuptools pkg-config perl python-Sphinx"
 makedepends="xapian-core-devel gmime-devel talloc-devel bash-completion"
 short_desc="Thread-based email index, search, and tagging"
 maintainer="Jan S. <jan.schreib@gmail.com>"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ homepage="http://notmuchmail.org"
 distfiles="http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/n/notmuch/notmuch_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=e4b6ba9d4016b10249a4acc24e063d23e0c52ed6f8c1cbe4f98e7f9ef4da262a
 
-subpackages="libnotmuch libnotmuch-devel notmuch-mutt"
+subpackages="libnotmuch libnotmuch-devel notmuch-mutt notmuch-python"
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*)
 		makedepends+=" emacs"
@@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ do_configure() {
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} V=1
 	make -C contrib/notmuch-mutt
+	make -C bindings
+	cd bindings/python
+	python setup.py build --build-base=build-2
 }
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+	cd bindings/python
+	python2 setup.py build --build-base=build-2 \
+		install --prefix=/usr --root=${DESTDIR}
 }
 
 libnotmuch_package() {
@@ -69,3 +75,11 @@ notmuch-mutt_package() {
 		vman contrib/notmuch-mutt/notmuch-mutt.1
 	}
 }
+notmuch-python_package() {
+	depends="libnotmuch-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - Python2 bindings"
+	pycompile_module="notmuch"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove ${py2_sitelib}
+	}
+}