diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ilcli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ilcli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2cb741931db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ilcli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ilcli";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cloudant";
+    repo = "ilcli";
+    # no tags
+    rev = "2c033240a18603dd99c2dd8f6185ad0f0169c8c7";
+    hash = "sha256-6aLkzpeS1xeIbTwFFIT7V1KWOaFLLq3opjIxnUuXOBE=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ilcli" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "I like command-line interfaces";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cloudant/ilcli";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tochiaha ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dfeafc38dc4a..2c894330d71c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5924,6 +5924,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ilua = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ilua { };
 
+  ilcli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ilcli { };
+
   imagecodecs-lite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imagecodecs-lite { };
 
   imagecorruptions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imagecorruptions { };