diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 7bad7fd187..e1d9115f31 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -14953,3 +14953,29 @@ Sure is heavily inspired by @code{RSpec Expectations} and @code{should.js}.")
 
 (define-public python2-sure
   (package-with-python2 python-sure))
+
+(define-public python2-couleur
+  ;; This package does not seem to support python3 at all, hence,
+  ;; only the python2 variant definition is provided.
+  (package
+    (name "python2-couleur")
+    (version "0.6.2")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "couleur" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1qqaxyqz74wvid0cr119dhcwz0h0if5b5by44zl49pd5z65v58k1"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:python ,python-2))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/gabrielfalcao/couleur")
+    (synopsis
+     "ANSI terminal tool for python, colored shell and other handy fancy features")
+    (description
+     "@code{Couleur} provides python programs a way to use the ANSI features in a unix
+terminal such as coloured output in the shell, overwriting output, indentation, etc.")
+    ;; README.md says ASL2.0, but all source code headers are LGPL3+.
+    ;; https://github.com/gabrielfalcao/couleur/issues/11
+    (license license:lgpl3+)))