diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index 716d8b766a..a7294f38a8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 (define-module (gnu packages bittorrent)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (guix build-system glib-or-gtk)
@@ -172,6 +174,49 @@ (define-public rtorrent
     (home-page "https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent")
     (license l:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public tremc
+  (let ((commit "401f2303c9b5a6e2e7b0808617d794576d4aa29e")
+        (revision "0"))
+    (package
+      (name "tremc")
+      (version (string-append "0.0.0-" revision "." (string-take commit 7)))
+      (source
+        (origin
+          (method git-fetch)
+          (uri (git-reference
+                 (url "https://github.com/louipc/tremc.git")
+                 (commit commit)))
+          (sha256
+           (base32
+            "1h2720zn35iggmf9av65g119b0bhskwm1ng0zbkjryaf38nfzpin"))))
+      (build-system python-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       `(#:tests? #f ; no test suite
+         #:phases
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           ;; The software is just a Python script that must be
+           ;; copied into place.
+           (delete 'build)
+           (replace 'install
+             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                      (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                      (man (string-append out "/share/man/man1"))
+                      ;; FIXME install zsh completions
+                      (completions (string-append out "/etc/bash_completion.d")))
+                 (install-file "tremc" bin)
+                 (install-file "tremc.1" man)
+                 (install-file
+                   (string-append
+                     "completion/bash/"
+                     "transmission-remote-cli-bash-completion.sh")
+                   completions)))))))
+      (synopsis "Console client for the Transmission BitTorrent daemon")
+      (description "Tremc is a console client, with a curses interface, for the
+Transmission BitTorrent daemon.")
+      (home-page "https://github.com/louipc/tremc")
+      (license l:gpl3+))))
+
 (define-public transmission-remote-cli
   (package
     (name "transmission-remote-cli")