diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/proselint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/proselint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69c0600359f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/proselint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonApplication, click, future, six }:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  name = "proselint-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/p/proselint/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1g8vx04gmv0agmggz1ml5vydfppqvl8dzjvqm6vqw5rzafa89m08";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click future six ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A linter for prose";
+    homepage = http://proselint.com;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alibabzo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 81f602772d1..850067a04c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18901,6 +18901,8 @@ in {
      };
   };
 
+  proselint = callPackage ../tools/text/proselint { };
+
   pylibconfig2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pylibconfig2-${version}";
     version = "0.2.4";