diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dvc-data/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dvc-data/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..676eea8b3cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dvc-data/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, dictdiffer
+, diskcache
+, dvc-objects
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, funcy
+, nanotime
+, pygtrie
+, pythonOlder
+, shortuuid
+, setuptools-scm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dvc-data";
+  version = "0.0.18";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "iterative";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-jS+96LjHJyhkCREjMhhlWOlvRBhjiKmfNtEcBVS+YCU=";
+  };
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dictdiffer
+    diskcache
+    dvc-objects
+    funcy
+    nanotime
+    pygtrie
+    shortuuid
+  ];
+
+  # Tests depend on upath which is unmaintained and only available as wheel
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace "dvc-objects==" "dvc-objects>="
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "dvc_data"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "DVC's data management subsystem";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/iterative/dvc-data";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5ee65de692c3..0006a47025ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2647,6 +2647,8 @@ in {
 
   durus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/durus {  };
 
+  dvc-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dvc-data {  };
+
   dvc-objects = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dvc-objects {  };
 
   dvc-render = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dvc-render {  };