diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/crayons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/crayons/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16b3998eb856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/crayons/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, colorama }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "crayons";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "17c0v0dkk8sn8kyyy2w7myxq9981glrbczh6h8sdcr750lb6j5sy";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ colorama ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "TextUI colors for Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/kennethreitz/crayons;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index be92851919c0..501041346972 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7153,6 +7153,8 @@ in {
 
   chardet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chardet { };
 
+  crayons = callPackage ../development/python-modules/crayons{ };
+
   django = self.django_1_11;
 
   django_1_11 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django/1_11.nix {