diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyproject-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyproject-api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e719ea6f417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyproject-api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+
+# build time
+, hatchling
+, hatch-vcs
+, setuptools-scm
+
+# runtime
+, packaging
+, toml
+, tomli
+
+# docs
+, sphinxHook
+, furo
+, sphinx-autodoc-typehints
+
+# tests
+, pytest-mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, virtualenv
+, wheel
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyproject-api";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tox-dev";
+    repo = "pyproject-api";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-IRNg0/lTWoS8znsbipZNoeun+uOpZtCApL4HkF2lwhU=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "doc"
+  ];
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    hatchling
+    hatch-vcs
+    setuptools-scm
+
+    # docs
+    sphinxHook
+    furo
+    sphinx-autodoc-typehints
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    packaging
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [
+    tomli
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+    virtualenv
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # requires eol python2 interpreter
+    "test_can_build_on_python_2"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pyproject_api"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-api/releases/tag/${version}";
+    description = "API to interact with the python pyproject.toml based projects";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-api";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9726609c6673..ae7c2d07a500 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6953,6 +6953,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyprecice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyprecice { };
 
+  pyproject-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyproject-api { };
+
   pypsrp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pypsrp { };
 
   phpserialize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/phpserialize { };