diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/argbash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/argbash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8e3ff4a9dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/argbash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "argbash";
+
+  version = "2.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "matejak";
+    repo = "argbash";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "0zara7v3pnwiwkpb0x0g37pxhmim4425q4gba712f6djj115r1mr";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src}/resources";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Bash argument parsing code generator";
+    homepage = "https://argbash.io/";
+    license = licenses.free; # custom license.  See LICENSE in source repo.
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rencire ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ca1c746b8ce3..9a3ee7c4c28f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9352,6 +9352,8 @@ in
 
   kt = callPackage ../tools/misc/kt {};
 
+  argbash = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/argbash {};
+
   arpa2cm = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/arpa2cm { };
 
   asn2quickder = python2Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/asn2quickder {};