diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swh-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swh-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3ff2d4ac851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swh-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  backports-entry-points-selectable,
+  click,
+  deprecated,
+  python-magic,
+  pyyaml,
+  requests,
+  sentry-sdk_2,
+  tenacity,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  flask,
+  hypothesis,
+  iso8601,
+  lzip,
+  msgpack,
+  psycopg,
+  pylzma,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-aiohttp,
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytest-postgresql,
+  pytz,
+  requests-mock,
+  types-deprecated,
+  types-psycopg2,
+  types-pytz,
+  types-pyyaml,
+  types-requests,
+  unzip,
+  pkgs, # Only for pkgs.zstd
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "swh-core";
+  version = "4.0.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.softwareheritage.org";
+    group = "swh";
+    owner = "devel";
+    repo = "swh-core";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kO4B25+oQrQ9sxmKJ5NMKTCCGztRaArFtD7QA8Bytts=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    backports-entry-points-selectable
+    click
+    deprecated
+    python-magic
+    pyyaml
+    requests
+    sentry-sdk_2
+    tenacity
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "swh.core" ];
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    flask
+    hypothesis
+    iso8601
+    lzip
+    msgpack
+    psycopg
+    pylzma
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-aiohttp
+    pytest-mock
+    pytest-postgresql
+    pytz
+    requests-mock
+    types-deprecated
+    types-psycopg2
+    types-pytz
+    types-pyyaml
+    types-requests
+    unzip
+    pkgs.zstd
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests =
+    [
+      # ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'systemd'
+      "test_logging_configure_from_yaml"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      # FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists:
+      "test_uncompress_upper_archive_extension"
+      # AssertionError: |500 - 632.1152460000121| not within 100
+      "test_timed_coroutine"
+      "test_timed_start_stop_calls"
+      "test_timed"
+      "test_timed_no_metric"
+    ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'aiohttp_utils'
+    "swh/core/api/tests/test_async.py"
+    "swh/core/api/tests/test_rpc_server_asynchronous.py"
+    # ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'systemd'
+    "swh/core/tests/test_logger.py"
+    # ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'psycopg_pool'
+    "swh/core/db/tests"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Low-level utilities and helpers used by almost all other modules in the stack";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.softwareheritage.org/swh/devel/swh-core";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    mainProgram = "swh";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ drupol ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 65a31e954ece..a989a6b2dcd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17349,6 +17349,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   swagger-ui-bundle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swagger-ui-bundle { };
 
+  swh-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swh-core { };
+
   swh-model = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swh-model { };
 
   swift = callPackage ../development/python-modules/swift { };