diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/argcomplete/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/argcomplete/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd0cc47d9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/argcomplete/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, lib,
+  coverage, dicttoxml, flake8, pexpect, prettytable, requests_toolbelt
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "argcomplete";
+  version = "1.8.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0sslhl1klvh92c8hjsz3y3mmnpcqspcgi49g5cik2rpbfkhcsb3s";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false; # bash-completion test fails with "compgen: command not found".
+
+  # re-enable if we are able to make testing work
+  # buildInputs = [ coverage flake8 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dicttoxml pexpect prettytable requests_toolbelt ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Bash tab completion for argparse";
+    homepage = "https://argcomplete.readthedocs.io";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.womfoo ];
+    license = [ licenses.asl20 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f40f60c6294..c3cc72a05a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1159,6 +1159,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  argcomplete = callPackage ../development/python-modules/argcomplete { };
+
   area53 = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "Area53-0.94";