diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aafb5f541443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "jmespath-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+  rev = "${version}";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+    owner = "jmespath";
+    repo = "go-jmespath";
+    sha256 = "0f4j0m44limnjd6q5fk152g6jq2a5cshcdms4p3a1br8pl9wp5fb";
+  };
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A JMESPath implementation in Go";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cransom ];
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2cae6a7fcc87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, jmespath }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "jp-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+  rev = "${version}";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/jmespath/jp";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+    owner = "jmespath";
+    repo = "jp";
+    sha256 = "1i0jl0c062crigkxqx8zpyqliz8j4d37y95cna33jl777kx42r6h";
+  };
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A command line interface to the JMESPath expression language for JSON";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jmespath/jp";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cransom ];
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c230cf057b5..ecd195472c9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2135,6 +2135,8 @@ in
 
   jing = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/jing { };
 
+  jmespath = callPackage ../development/tools/jmespath { };
+
   jmtpfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/jmtpfs { };
 
   jnettop = callPackage ../tools/networking/jnettop { };
@@ -2143,6 +2145,8 @@ in
     gcc = gcc49; # doesn't build with gcc5
   };
 
+  jp = callPackage ../development/tools/jp { };
+
   jp2a = callPackage ../applications/misc/jp2a { };
 
   jpegoptim = callPackage ../applications/graphics/jpegoptim { };