diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/scli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/scli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93fd5d41942b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/scli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, signal-cli, urwid
+, urwid-readline, dbus }:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "scli";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "isamert";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-hWzpqj/sxPq/doxdmytnj5rh2qKQE71WMB0ugomWhHg";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ signal-cli urwid urwid-readline dbus ];
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # scli attempts to write to these directories, make sure they're writeable
+    export XDG_DATA_HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    ./scli --help > /dev/null # don't spam nix-build log
+    test $? == 0
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    patchShebangs scli
+    install -m755 -D scli $out/bin/scli
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple terminal user interface for Signal";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/isamert/scli";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alex-eyre ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f2c07167572..3e812c6f4153 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26299,6 +26299,8 @@ in
 
   scite = callPackage ../applications/editors/scite { };
 
+  scli = with python3Packages; callPackage ../applications/misc/scli { };
+
   scribus = callPackage ../applications/office/scribus {
     inherit (gnome2) libart_lgpl;
   };