diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 8c7649f496..e50692eaba 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages crates-io)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
@@ -873,6 +874,34 @@ (define-public rust-ascii-canvas-2
 Mac, and Unix.")
     (license (list license:asl2.0 license:expat))))
 
+(define-public rust-assert-cli-0.6
+  (package
+    (name "rust-assert-cli")
+    (version "0.6.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "assert-cli" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0jc1bh3cvnl66bl7s5gr1xnm0hl8d2l3gmil0pmhp5v2xp0bg6m2"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f ;; requires `printenv`, but installing coreutils doesn't help
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-colored" ,rust-colored-1.9)
+        ("rust-difference" ,rust-difference-2.0)
+        ("rust-environment" ,rust-environment-0.1)
+        ("rust-failure" ,rust-failure-0.1)
+        ("rust-failure-derive" ,rust-failure-derive-0.1)
+        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1.0))
+       #:cargo-development-inputs
+       (("rust-docmatic" ,rust-docmatic-0.1))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/assert-rs/assert_cli")
+    (synopsis "Test CLI Applications")
+    (description "This package helps testing CLI Applications.")
+    (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
+
 (define-public rust-assert-matches-1.3
   (package
     (name "rust-assert-matches")