diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nixbang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nixbang/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..762e6f2c4db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/nixbang/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, pythonPackages, fetchgit }:
+
+let version = "0.1.1"; in
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "nixbang-${version}";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/madjar/nixbang.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "1n8jq32r2lzk3g0d95ksfq7vdqciz34jabribrr4hcnz4nlijshf";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/madjar/nixbang;
+    description = "A special shebang to run scripts in a nix-shell";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.madjar ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f05d5240744..ebfd4715d4b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4088,6 +4088,10 @@ let
 
   ninja = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/ninja { };
 
+  nixbang = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/nixbang {
+      pythonPackages = python3Packages;
+  };
+
   node_webkit = callPackage ../development/tools/node-webkit {
     gconf = pkgs.gnome.GConf;
   };