diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68da870f4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/commandparse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "commandparse";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "06mcxc0vs5qdcywalgyx5zm18z4xcsrg5g0wsqqv5qawkrvmvl53";
+  };
+
+  # tests only distributed upstream source, not PyPi
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "commandparse" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module to parse command based CLI application";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/flgy/commandparse";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 57458230bb1..0e3da58949b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1313,6 +1313,8 @@ in {
 
   colour = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colour { };
 
+  commandparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/commandparse { };
+
   CommonMark = callPackage ../development/python-modules/commonmark { };
 
   compiledb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/compiledb { };