diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6e4f971e544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  flet-client-flutter,
+
+  # build-system
+  poetry-core,
+
+  flet,
+  qrcode,
+  toml,
+  watchdog,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "flet-cli";
+  inherit (flet-client-flutter) version src;
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/sdk/python/packages/flet-cli";
+
+  build-system = [ poetry-core ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    flet
+    qrcode
+    toml
+    watchdog
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "qrcode" "watchdog" ];
+
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    "--prefix"
+    "PYTHONPATH"
+    ":"
+    "$PYTHONPATH"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    makeWrapper ${flet}/bin/flet $out/bin/flet \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "flet_cli" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Command-line interface tool for Flet, a framework for building interactive multi-platform applications using Python.";
+    homepage = "https://flet.dev/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/flet-dev/flet/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      heyimnova
+      lucasew
+    ];
+    mainProgram = "flet";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet/default.nix
index bace224fc428..794072e8b25c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet/default.nix
@@ -39,13 +39,21 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "$PYTHONPATH"
   ];
 
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [
-    "cookiecutter"
-    "packaging"
-    "qrcode"
-    "watchdog"
-    "websockets"
-  ];
+  _flet_version = ''
+  version = "${version}"
+  def update_version():
+    pass
+  '';
+  _flet_utils_pip = ''
+  def install_flet_package(name: str):
+    pass
+  '';
+
+  postPatch = ''
+   # nerf out nagging about pip
+  echo "$_flet_version" > src/flet/version.py
+  echo "$_flet_utils_pip" >> src/flet/utils/pip.py
+  '';
 
   dependencies = [
     fastapi
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b0cdf4d203ab..4c22310ee0c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4776,6 +4776,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   flet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flet { };
 
+  flet-cli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flet-cli { };
+
   flexcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flexcache { };
 
   flexit-bacnet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flexit-bacnet { };