diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clikit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clikit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d5247c02e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clikit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, isPy27, isPy34
+, pylev, pastel, typing, enum34 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "clikit";
+  version = "0.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0zr1s0xhk62p9a6zcp5whvsb27lddyk8gx03k9l8q18jp7y3igbv";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pylev pastel
+  ] ++ lib.optional (isPy27 || isPy34) typing
+    ++ lib.optional isPy27 enum34;
+
+  # The Pypi tarball doesn't include tests, and the GitHub source isn't
+  # buildable until we bootstrap poetry, see
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/53599#discussion_r245855665
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/sdispater/clikit;
+    description = "A group of utilities to build beautiful and testable command line interfaces";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jakewaksbaum ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ff81e9bc5b6c..86603b5ebc7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ in {
 
   chalice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chalice { };
 
+  clikit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clikit { };
+
   clustershell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clustershell { };
 
   cozy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cozy { };