diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ninja/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3ab12c29a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ninja/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchurl
+, cmake
+, setuptools-scm
+, scikit-build
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-virtualenv
+}:
+let
+  # these must match NinjaUrls.cmake
+  ninja_src_url = "https://github.com/Kitware/ninja/archive/v1.11.1.g95dee.kitware.jobserver-1.tar.gz";
+  ninja_src_sha256 = "7ba84551f5b315b4270dc7c51adef5dff83a2154a3665a6c9744245c122dd0db";
+  ninja_src = fetchurl {
+    url = ninja_src_url;
+    sha256 = ninja_src_sha256;
+  };
+in
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ninja";
+  version = "1.11.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "scikit-build";
+    repo = "ninja-python-distributions";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-scCYsSEyN+u3qZhNhWYqHpJCl+JVJJbKz+T34gOXGJM=";
+  };
+  patches = [
+    # make sure cmake doesn't try to download the ninja sources
+    ./no-download.patch
+  ];
+
+  inherit ninja_src;
+  postUnpack = ''
+    # assume that if the hash matches, the source should be fine
+    if ! grep "${ninja_src_sha256}" $sourceRoot/NinjaUrls.cmake; then
+      echo "ninja_src_sha256 doesn't match the hash in NinjaUrls.cmake!"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    mkdir -p "$sourceRoot/Ninja-src"
+    pushd "$sourceRoot/Ninja-src"
+    tar -xavf ${ninja_src} --strip-components 1
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/cov/d' setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+    scikit-build
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-virtualenv
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A small build system with a focus on speed";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-build/ninja-python-distributions";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ _999eagle ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ninja/no-download.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ninja/no-download.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0937a5fde1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ninja/no-download.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
+   # Download selected source archive
+   ExternalProject_add(download_ninja_source
+     SOURCE_DIR ${Ninja_SOURCE_DIR}
++    DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
+     URL ${${src_archive}_url}
+     URL_HASH SHA256=${${src_archive}_sha256}
+     DOWNLOAD_DIR ${ARCHIVE_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5840c7d3bbef..2d346eb268d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6916,6 +6916,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   nine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nine { };
 
+  ninja-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ninja { };
+
   nipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nipy { };
 
   nipype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nipype {