diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpcore2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpcore2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7708b751017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpcore2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  hatchling,
+  hatch-fancy-pypi-readme,
+  uv-dynamic-versioning,
+
+  # dependencies
+  certifi,
+  h11,
+
+  # optional dependencies
+  h2,
+  socksio,
+  trio,
+  anyio,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-httpbin,
+  pytest-trio,
+
+  # reverse deps
+  httpx2,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "httpcore2";
+  version = "2.2.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pydantic";
+    repo = "httpx2";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RdoMDF5XVOkb4JCmytdF0JmBfTUcHuM1N+SD8r+RNiU=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    pushd src/httpcore2
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+    hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
+    uv-dynamic-versioning
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    certifi
+    h11
+  ];
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    asyncio = [ anyio ];
+    http2 = [ h2 ];
+    socks = [ socksio ];
+    trio = [ trio ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "httpcore2"
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-httpbin
+    pytest-trio
+  ]
+  ++ lib.concatAttrValues finalAttrs.passthru.optional-dependencies;
+
+  pytestFlags = [ "tests/httpcore2" ];
+
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit httpx2;
+  };
+
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A next generation HTTP client for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/src/httpcore2/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4ed1ce5b08d2..4dcc253b0909 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7299,6 +7299,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   httpcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpcore { };
 
+  httpcore2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpcore2 { };
+
   httpie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpie { };
 
   httpie-ntlm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/httpie-ntlm { };