diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a14d1fa920d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, importlib-metadata
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "backports.entry-points-selectable";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    # pypi project name and tarball name differ
+    pname = builtins.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] pname;
+    sha256 = "f30bcd19c5e2728ac93821d2b6ae0a325597e0ca12324fd91a39fa80e1cd0dd8";
+  };
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    importlib-metadata
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Compatibility shim providing selectable entry points for older implementations";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/backports.entry_points_selectable";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f460f07a0fc..681497fc92d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -896,6 +896,8 @@ in {
 
   backports-datetime-fromisoformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat { };
 
+  backports-entry-points-selectable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable { };
+
   backports_functools_lru_cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_functools_lru_cache { };
 
   backports_lzma = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_lzma { };