diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37e9e06ec5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/dropbox-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, coreutils, fetchurl, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dropbox-cli";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://linux.dropbox.com/packages/dropbox.py";
+    sha256 = "1x46i0aplah4a2nqglb8byl3c60w7h1cjja62myxj2dpxyv7fydy";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ coreutils python ];
+
+  phases = "installPhase fixupPhase";
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/bin/
+    cp $src $out/bin/dropbox-cli
+  '';
+
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/dropbox-cli \
+      --replace "/usr/bin/python" ${python}/bin/python \
+      --replace "use dropbox help" "use dropbox-cli help"
+    
+    chmod +x $out/bin/dropbox-cli
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://dropbox.com;
+    description = "Command line client for the dropbox daemon.";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    # NOTE: 'unix' or even 'all' COULD work too, I'm not sure
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e72c0fe3d10e..c51462cf6d25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7750,6 +7750,8 @@ let
 
   dropbox = callPackage ../applications/networking/dropbox { };
 
+  dropbox-cli = callPackage ../applications/networking/dropbox-cli { };
+
   slim = callPackage ../applications/display-managers/slim { };
 
   sndBase = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/audio/snd) {