diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5de476d1096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, sphinx
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sphinx-argparse";
+  version = "0.2.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "05wc8f5hb3jsg2vh2jf7jsyan8d4i09ifrz2c8fp6f7x1zw9iav0";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = "py.test";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sphinx
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A sphinx extension that automatically documents argparse commands and options";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ribozz/sphinx-argparse;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ clacke ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 657e1cb43308..cbd04161647c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4018,6 +4018,8 @@ in {
 
   sphinx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx { };
 
+  sphinx-argparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-argparse { };
+
   sphinxcontrib-websupport = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-websupport { };
 
   hieroglyph = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hieroglyph { };