diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep517/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep517/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1eb2895068a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep517/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, flit-core
+, toml
+, pythonOlder
+, importlib-metadata
+, zipp
+, pytestCheckHook
+, testpath
+, mock
+, pip
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pep517";
+  version = "0.8.2";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "8e6199cf1288d48a0c44057f112acf18aa5ebabbf73faa242f598fbe145ba29e";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    toml
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    importlib-metadata zipp
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    testpath
+    mock
+    pip
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm pytest.ini # wants flake8
+    rm tests/test_meta.py # wants to run pip
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Wrappers to build Python packages using PEP 517 hooks";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pypa/pep517";
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9d3c597184f..ed2c6632056 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5018,6 +5018,8 @@ in {
 
   pep257 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pep257 { };
 
+  pep517 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pep517 { };
+
   percol = callPackage ../development/python-modules/percol { };
 
   pexif = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pexif { };