diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1e5f235235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, blessings, mock, nose, pyte, pytest, wcwidth }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "curtsies";
+  version = "0.2.11";
+  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vljmw3sy6lrqahhpyg4gk13mzcx3mwhvg8s41698ms3cpgkjipc";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blessings wcwidth pyte ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose mock pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Curses-like terminal wrapper, with colored strings!";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/curtsies;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7887cd75754..de92d478c22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3367,6 +3367,8 @@ in {
     doCheck = false;
   };
 
+  curtsies = callPackage ../development/python-modules/curtsies { };
+
   oslo-vmware = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "oslo.vmware-${version}";
     version = "1.22.0";