diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden-modernmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden-modernmenu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53bf885ee181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden-modernmenu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  kivy,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "kivy-garden-modernmenu";
+  version = "0-unstable-2019-12-10";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kivy-garden";
+    repo = "modernmenu";
+    rev = "681c3bf68b9ce2ebe653c2e6a9fcd2407bfe3e00";
+    hash = "sha256-0d4UhmRtuYwnYoZajjExavlvqkhGamiEQ8GjHWYnO88=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    kivy
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "kivy_garden.modernmenu"
+  ];
+
+  preInstallCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$PWD
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Stylized menu system for Kivy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kivy-garden/modernmenu";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = lib.teams.ngi.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
index cba55b21ac95..40d161bd5970 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
@@ -4,29 +4,27 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
-  cython_0,
+  cython,
   docutils,
+  setuptools,
   kivy-garden,
   mtdev,
   SDL2,
   SDL2_image,
   SDL2_ttf,
   SDL2_mixer,
-  Accelerate,
-  ApplicationServices,
-  AVFoundation,
   libcxx,
   withGstreamer ? true,
   gst_all_1,
-  packaging,
-  pillow,
   pygments,
   requests,
+  filetype,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "kivy";
   version = "2.3.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kivy";
@@ -35,10 +33,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-q8BoF/pUTW2GMKBhNsqWDBto5+nASanWifS9AcNRc8Q=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    cython
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
-    cython_0
-    docutils
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
@@ -51,12 +52,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
       mtdev
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      Accelerate
-      ApplicationServices
-      AVFoundation
-      libcxx
-    ]
     ++ lib.optionals withGstreamer (
       with gst_all_1;
       [
@@ -68,12 +63,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       ]
     );
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     kivy-garden
-    packaging
-    pillow
+    docutils
     pygments
     requests
+    filetype
   ];
 
   KIVY_NO_CONFIG = 1;
@@ -91,10 +86,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ]
   );
 
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
-    substituteInPlace kivy/lib/mtdev.py \
-      --replace "LoadLibrary('libmtdev.so.1')" "LoadLibrary('${mtdev}/lib/libmtdev.so.1')"
-  '';
+  postPatch =
+    ''
+      substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+        --replace-fail "setuptools~=69.2.0" "setuptools" \
+        --replace-fail "wheel~=0.44.0" "wheel"
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+      substituteInPlace kivy/lib/mtdev.py \
+        --replace-fail "LoadLibrary('libmtdev.so.1')" "LoadLibrary('${mtdev}/lib/libmtdev.so.1')"
+    '';
 
   /*
     We cannot run tests as Kivy tries to import itself before being fully
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e8e028f38ac1..e7eecb377040 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6993,12 +6993,12 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   kitchen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kitchen { };
 
-  kivy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kivy {
-    inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Accelerate ApplicationServices AVFoundation;
-  };
+  kivy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kivy { };
 
   kivy-garden = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kivy-garden { };
 
+  kivy-garden-modernmenu = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kivy-garden-modernmenu { };
+
   kiwiki-client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kiwiki-client { };
 
   kiwisolver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kiwisolver { };