diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 17789ecb89b..51d794ed58f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3597,6 +3597,25 @@ in modules // {
     };
   };
 
+  cmdline = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    pname = "cmdline";
+    version = "0.1.6";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/c/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "be2cb4711e9111bb7386a408e3c66a730c36dd6ac05851a9f03d0f4eae63536a";
+    };
+
+    # No tests, https://github.com/rca/cmdline/issues/1
+    doCheck = false;
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyyaml ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Utilities for consistent command line tools";
+      homepage = http://github.com/rca/cmdline;
+      license = licenses.asl20;
+    };
+  };
 
   cogapp = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "2.3";