diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-console-scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-console-scripts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaecd191e93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-console-scripts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+, python
+, mock
+, setuptools-scm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-console-scripts";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4a2138d7d567bc581fe081b6a5975849a2a36b3925cb0f066d2380103e13741c";
+  };
+  postPatch = ''
+    # setuptools-scm is pinned to <6 because it dropped Python 3.5
+    # support.  That's not something that affects us.
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "'setuptools_scm<6'" "'setuptools_scm'"
+    # Patch the shebang of a script generated during test.
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_run_scripts.py --replace "#!/usr/bin/env python" "#!${python.interpreter}"
+  '';
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pytest plugin for testing console scripts";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Pytest-console-scripts is a pytest plugin for running python scripts from within tests.
+      It's quite similar to subprocess.run(), but it also has an in-process mode, where the scripts are executed by the interpreter that's running pytest (using some amount of sandboxing).
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kvas-it/pytest-console-scripts";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AluisioASG ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dc54e6ae5fc3..ec7afc633ea4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6261,6 +6261,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-click = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-click { };
 
+  pytest-console-scripts = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-console-scripts { };
+
   pytest-cov = self.pytestcov; # self 2021-01-04
   pytestcov = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-cov { };