diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 474333d719..c22ab5cdc7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -11741,6 +11741,29 @@ related extensions.")
 (define-public python2-sphinx-cloud-sptheme
   (package-with-python2 python-sphinx-cloud-sptheme))
 
+(define-public python-sphinx-alabaster-theme
+  (package
+    (name "python-sphinx-alabaster-theme")
+    (version "0.7.9")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (pypi-uri "alabaster" version))
+        (sha256
+         (base32
+          "027anxzcb951gjlcc43y3rbn9qrw36d16vj9wd2smv5410xx9bs7"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("python-pygments" ,python-pygments)))
+    (home-page "https://alabaster.readthedocs.io/")
+    (synopsis "Configurable sidebar-enabled Sphinx theme")
+    (description "Alabaster is a visually (c)lean, responsive, configurable
+theme for the Sphinx documentation system.  It's the default theme of Sphinx.")
+    (license license:bsd-3)))
+
+(define-public python2-sphinx-alabaster-theme
+  (package-with-python2 python-sphinx-alabaster-theme))
+
 (define-public python-betamax
   (package
     (name "python-betamax")