diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/python-launcher/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/python-launcher/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13863849caa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/python-launcher/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, python3 }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-launcher";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "brettcannon";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1r2pmli4jsdjag9zsgd9q1qlj3hxxjj2bni6yybjh1a10fcqxzzv";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-2lgWybEPi6HEUMYuGDRWMjWoc94CrFHPP5IeKUjj0q4=";
+
+  checkInputs = [ python3 ];
+
+  dontUseCargoParallelTests = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An implementation of the `py` command for Unix-based platforms";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/brettcannon/python-launcher";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/brettcannon/python-launcher/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+    mainProgram = "py";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e4c0d5a0bb52..d3d84fedc07d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10725,6 +10725,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pydeps = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication pydeps;
 
+  python-launcher = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/python-launcher { };
+
   pytrainer = callPackage ../applications/misc/pytrainer { };
 
   pywal = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication pywal;