diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/readlike/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/readlike/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2e3d11e7edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/readlike/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "readlike";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jangler";
+    repo = "readlike";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1mw8j8ads8hqdbz42siwpffi4wi5s33z9g14a5c2i7vxp8m68qc1";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover -s tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "GNU Readline-like line editing module";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jangler/readlike";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9adf1f901297..cdc571cc8863 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7313,6 +7313,8 @@ in {
 
   readchar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readchar { };
 
+  readlike = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readlike { };
+
   readme = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readme { };
 
   readme_renderer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/readme_renderer { };