diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/emborg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/emborg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98b5f6158515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/emborg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, pytestCheckHook
+, borgbackup
+, appdirs
+, arrow
+, docopt
+, inform
+, nestedtext
+, parametrize-from-file
+, quantiphy
+, requests
+, shlib
+, voluptuous
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "emborg";
+  version = "1.34";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KenKundert";
+    repo = "emborg";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bnlELPZzTU9KyVsz5Q0aW9xWvVrgwpowQrjkQvX844g=";
+  };
+
+  format = "flit";
+  checkInputs = [
+    nestedtext
+    parametrize-from-file
+    pytestCheckHook
+    shlib
+    voluptuous
+    borgbackup
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    appdirs
+    arrow
+    docopt
+    inform
+    quantiphy
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  # this disables testing fuse mounts
+  MISSING_DEPENDENCIES = "fuse";
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  # this patch fixes a whitespace issue in the message that a test is expecting, https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg/pull/67
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg/commit/afac6d1ddcecdb4bddbec87b6c8eed4cfbf4ebf9.diff";
+      sha256 = "3xg2z03FLKH4ckmiBZqE1FDjpgjgdO8OZL1ewrJlQ4o=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Interactive command line interface to Borg Backup";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/KenKundert/emborg";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpetrucciani ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f6ee2814f487..f97b8bff35ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6823,6 +6823,8 @@ with pkgs;
   embree = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree { };
   embree2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix { };
 
+  emborg = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/python-modules/emborg { };
+
   emem = callPackage ../applications/misc/emem { };
 
   empty = callPackage ../tools/misc/empty { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 863de73235ac..cfd674f84932 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2941,6 +2941,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   embrace = callPackage ../development/python-modules/embrace { };
 
+  emborg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emborg { };
+
   emcee = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emcee { };
 
   emv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emv { };