diff --git a/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc7911b85b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/arduino/arduino-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, buildFHSUserEnv }:
+
+let
+
+  pkg = buildGoModule rec {
+    pname = "arduino-cli";
+    version = "0.11.0";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "arduino";
+      repo = pname;
+      rev = version;
+      sha256 = "0k9091ci7n7hl44nyzlxkmbwibgrrh9s6z7pgyj9v0mzxjmgz8h2";
+    };
+
+    subPackages = [ "." ];
+
+    vendorSha256 = "1qybym95a38az8lk8bqc53ngn08hijckajv8v2giifc4q7sb17d2";
+
+    buildFlagsArray = [
+      "-ldflags=-s -w -X github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/version.versionString=${version} -X github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/version.commit=unknown"
+    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ "-extldflags '-static'" ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+      description = "Arduino from the command line";
+      license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryantm ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+# buildFHSUserEnv is needed because the arduino-cli downloads compiler
+# toolchains from the internet that have their interpreters pointed at
+# /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
+in buildFHSUserEnv {
+  inherit (pkg) name meta;
+
+  runScript = "${pkg.outPath}/bin/arduino-cli";
+
+  extraInstallCommands = ''
+    mv $out/bin/$name $out/bin/arduino-cli
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76c6e8ba096..a0bcb00c9db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ in
 
   arduino = arduino-core.override { withGui = true; };
 
+  arduino-cli = callPackage ../development/arduino/arduino-cli { };
+
   arduino-core = callPackage ../development/arduino/arduino-core { };
 
   arduino-mk = callPackage ../development/arduino/arduino-mk {};