diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fa54796e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, pythonPackages, fetchurl }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "cli53-${version}";
+  namePrefix = "";  # Suppress "python27-" name prefix
+  version = "0.4.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cli53/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0s9jzigq6a16m2c3qklssx2lz16cf13g5zh80vh24kxazaxqzbig";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
+    argparse
+    boto
+    dns
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "CLI tool for the Amazon Route 53 DNS service";
+    homepage = https://github.com/barnybug/cli53;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ benley ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 368ec616654..1066161dc9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ let
 
   ccnet = callPackage ../tools/networking/ccnet { };
 
+  cli53 = callPackage ../tools/admin/cli53 { };
+
   cloud-init = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/cloud-init { };
 
   consul = goPackages.consul;