diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/remote-exec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/remote-exec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afedab81cbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/remote-exec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonApplication
+, click
+, pydantic
+, toml
+, watchdog
+, pytestCheckHook
+, rsync
+}:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "remote-exec";
+  version = "1.13.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "remote-cli";
+    repo = "remote";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-xaxkN6XukV9HiLYehwVTBZB8bUyjgpfg+pPfAGrOkgo=";
+  };
+
+  # remove legacy endpoints, we use --multi now
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace '"mremote' '#"mremote'
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+    pydantic
+    toml
+    watchdog
+  ];
+
+  # disable pytest --cov
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    rsync
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # `watchdog` dependency does not correctly detect fsevents on darwin.
+    # this only affects `remote --stream-changes`
+    "test/test_file_changes.py"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Work with remote hosts seamlessly via rsync and ssh";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/remote-cli/remote";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ddc3c979284..25b886161c9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12070,6 +12070,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   remote-touchpad = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/remote-touchpad { };
 
+  remote-exec = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/misc/remote-exec { };
+
   reposurgeon = callPackage ../applications/version-management/reposurgeon { };
 
   reptyr = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/reptyr { };