diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eval-type-backport/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eval-type-backport/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1231d106fa58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eval-type-backport/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "eval-type-backport";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "alexmojaki";
+    repo = "eval_type_backport";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-EiYJQUnK10lqjyJ89KacbZ+ZZuOmkRQ9bqTFQFN2iMA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Like `typing._eval_type`, but lets older Python versions use newer typing features.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alexmojaki/eval_type_backport";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ perchun ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic/default.nix
index bb0a4bedde49..59ec82ce829b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydantic/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 , faker
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pytest-mock
+, eval-type-backport
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       name = "fix-pytest8-compatibility.patch";
       url = "https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/commit/825a6920e177a3b65836c13c7f37d82b810ce482.patch";
       hash = "sha256-Dap5DtDzHw0jS/QUo5CRI9sLDJ719GRyC4ZNDWEdzus=";
-     })
+    })
   ];
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [
@@ -69,13 +70,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
   };
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    cloudpickle
-    dirty-equals
-    faker
-    pytest-mock
-    pytestCheckHook
-  ] ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies);
+  nativeCheckInputs =
+    [
+      cloudpickle
+      dirty-equals
+      faker
+      pytest-mock
+      pytestCheckHook
+    ]
+    ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues passthru.optional-dependencies)
+    ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [ eval-type-backport ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2f5d6e016b50..7464949f8b57 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3891,6 +3891,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   eufylife-ble-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eufylife-ble-client { };
 
+  eval-type-backport = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eval-type-backport { };
+
   evaluate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/evaluate { };
 
   evdev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/evdev { };