diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ffcab34122ec..1a7a5e6ae5a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -152,6 +152,23 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  ansicolor = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "ansicolor-${version}";
+    version = "0.2.4";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl{
+      url = "mirror://pypi/a/ansicolor/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0zlkk9706xn5yshwzdn8xsfkim8iv44zsl6qjwg2f4gn62rqky1h";
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "https://github.com/numerodix/ansicolor/";
+      description = "A library to produce ansi color output and colored highlighting and diffing";
+      license = licenses.asl20;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ andsild ];
+    };
+  };
+
   # packages defined elsewhere
 
   blivet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blivet { };