diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cliff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cliff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ba442d0d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cliff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pbr
+, prettytable
+, pyparsing
+, six
+, stevedore
+, pyyaml
+, unicodecsv
+, cmd2
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cliff";
+  version = "2.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "fe044273539250a99a5b9915843902e40e4e9b32ac5698c1fae89e31200d649f";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pbr
+    prettytable
+    pyparsing
+    six
+    stevedore
+    pyyaml
+    cmd2
+    unicodecsv
+  ];
+
+  # test dependencies are complex
+  # and would require about 20 packages
+  # to be added
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Command Line Interface Formulation Framework";
+    homepage = https://docs.openstack.org/cliff/latest/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 42e22292abb..b68624dedec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ in {
 
   clikit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clikit { };
 
+  cliff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cliff { };
+
   clustershell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/clustershell { };
 
   cozy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cozy { };