diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/restructuredtext_lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/restructuredtext_lint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a863c62973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/restructuredtext_lint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, docutils
+, nose
+, stdenv
+, flake8
+, pyyaml
+, testtools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "restructuredtext_lint";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "167e8adaa5bdc30531ee91760d6c216b306a8a3372aad34b1f72d8adcc5e011e";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose flake8 pyyaml testtools ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+     ${stdenv.shell} test.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "reStructuredText linter";
+    homepage = https://github.com/twolfson/restructuredtext-lint;
+    license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6fecd42f0a4..d73f340b860 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -19670,6 +19670,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  restructuredtext_lint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/restructuredtext_lint { };
+
   robomachine = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "robomachine-0.6";