diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bashlex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bashlex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c575dc516ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bashlex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ enum-compat
+, lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, nose
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bashlex";
+  version = "0.14";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "idank";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "070spmbf53y18miky5chgky4x5h8kp9czkp7dm173klv9pi2cn0k";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ enum-compat ];
+
+  # workaround https://github.com/idank/bashlex/issues/51
+  preBuild = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -c 'import bashlex'
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m nose --with-doctest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python parser for bash";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    homepage = https://github.com/idank/bashlex;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ multun ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 704e53928dcf..5d64b07a74f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ in {
 
   bash_kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bash_kernel { };
 
+  bashlex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bashlex { };
+
   bayespy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bayespy { };
 
   beanstalkc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beanstalkc { };