diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pastel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pastel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d99447f724f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pastel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy3k, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pastel";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  # No tests in PyPi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sdispater";
+    repo = "pastel";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1b4ag7jr7j0sxly5g29imdq8g0d4ixhbck55dblr45mlsidydx0s";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest tests -sq
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/sdispater/pastel;
+    description = "Bring colors to your terminal";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jakewaksbaum ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7e7caa6d179c..ff81e9bc5b6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ in {
 
   palettable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/palettable { };
 
+  pastel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pastel { };
+
   pathlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathlib { };
 
   pdf2image = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdf2image { };