diff --git a/packages/all-packages.nix b/packages/all-packages.nix
index 060f5b34..51630f15 100644
--- a/packages/all-packages.nix
+++ b/packages/all-packages.nix
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
 
         # Polkadot
         inherit polkadot polkadot-fast;
+
+        avalanche-cli = callPackage ./avalanche-cli/default.nix {};
       }
       // lib.optionalAttrs hostPlatform.isLinux rec {
         wasmd = callPackage ./wasmd/default.nix {};
diff --git a/packages/avalanche-cli/default.nix b/packages/avalanche-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2badf0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/avalanche-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{pkgs}:
+with pkgs;
+  buildGoModule rec {
+    pname = "avalanche-cli";
+    version = "1.2.6";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "sha256-j4Sh+YeLefWllaMNvfu/t253DCvdDpRY6tmrmuttSm0=";
+      owner = "ava-labs";
+      repo = "avalanche-cli";
+    };
+
+    doCheck = false;
+    proxyVendor = true;
+    vendorSha256 = "sha256-tWitBzhkg8l4qesiFXHBW0j4FWw85tMtDLq2DsriGfc=";
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Avalanche CLI is a command line tool that gives developers access to everything Avalanche.";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli";
+      license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 00f53ffc..8e805843 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ in
         # noir
         self'.legacyPackages.noir.noir-native
         self'.legacyPackages.noir.noir-wasm
+
+        # avalanche cli
+        metacraft-labs.avalanche-cli
       ]
       ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86) [
         metacraft-labs.rapidsnark