diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/editables/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editables/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a3bac5abda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/editables/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "editables";
+  version = "0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "6918f16225258f24ef9800c2327e14eded42ddac344e77982380749464024f35";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # Tests not included in archive.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Editable installations";
+    homepage = https://github.com/pfmoore/editables;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ea1e6a456b0..683cef20196f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2247,6 +2247,8 @@ in {
 
   ed25519 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ed25519 { };
 
+  editables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editables { };
+
   editdistance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editdistance { };
 
   editdistance-s = callPackage ../development/python-modules/editdistance-s { };