diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdc28f08ef4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, packaging
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jupyter-packaging";
+  version = "0.7.12";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-sUAyV3GIGn33t/LRSZe2GQY/51rnVrkCWFLkNGAAu7g=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ packaging ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  # disable tests depending on network connection
+  disabledTests = [ "test_develop" "test_install" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jupyter_packaging" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter Packaging Utilities";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter-packaging";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2c65295c0970..56f5e5d0a2ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3562,6 +3562,8 @@ in {
 
   jupyterlab_server = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyterlab_server { };
 
+  jupyter-packaging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-packaging { };
+
   jupyter-repo2docker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jupyter-repo2docker {
     pkgs-docker = pkgs.docker;
   };