diff --git a/pkgs/misc/cbeams/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/cbeams/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec045ebf3efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/cbeams/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi, isPy3k, blessings, docopt }:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "cbeams";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1agcjg6kmcyvk834xd2j60mi349qi9iw3dc2vwpd7pqwq1daq3gi";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blessings docopt ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tartley/cbeams";
+    description = "Command-line program to draw animated colored circles in the terminal";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ geistesk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a67d88d59f60..ea246c3f86a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ in {
 
   catalogue = callPackage ../development/python-modules/catalogue { };
 
+  cbeams = callPackage ../misc/cbeams { };
+
   cdecimal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cdecimal { };
 
   cfn-flip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cfn-flip { };