diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/docopts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/docopts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98a24ca5ebe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/docopts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  pname = "docopts";
+  version = "0.6.3-rc2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "docopt";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-PmsTkPT/sf70MKYLhHvjCDb2o3VQ1k7d++RUW7rcoAg=";
+  };
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/docopt/${pname}";
+
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  subPackages = [ "./" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -D -m 755 ./go/src/$goPackagePath/docopts.sh $out/bin/docopts.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/docopt/${pname}";
+    description = "docopt CLI tool for shell scripting";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.confus ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/docopts/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/docopts/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cc1686de7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/docopts/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/docopt/docopt-go";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/docopt/docopt.go";
+      rev = "ee0de3bc6815ee19d4a46c7eb90f829db0e014b1"; # "0.6.2";
+      sha256 = "sha256-0mCKIC5x7aauBL8ahXB9ExMfoTJl55HaafWWWPNRmUI=";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 79908b1fc032..e8684893dedb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12742,6 +12742,8 @@ in
 
   docopt_cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/docopt_cpp { };
 
+  docopts = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/docopts { };
+
   dotconf = callPackage ../development/libraries/dotconf { };
 
   draco = callPackage ../development/libraries/draco { };