diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-tarfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-tarfile/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b1c7790a91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-tarfile/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  wheel,
+  jaraco-test,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+let self = buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "backports-tarfile";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jaraco";
+    repo = "backports.tarfile";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-X3rkL35aDG+DnIOq0fI7CFoWGNtgLkLjtT9y6+23oto=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    jaraco-test
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # calls python -m backports.tarfile and doesn't find module documentation
+    "test_bad_use"
+    "test_create_command"
+    "test_create_command_compressed"
+    "test_create_command_dot_started_filename"
+    "test_create_command_dotless_filename"
+    "test_extract_command"
+    "test_extract_command_different_directory"
+    "test_extract_command_invalid_file"
+    "test_list_command_invalid_file"
+    "test_test_command"
+    "test_test_command_invalid_file"
+    # chmod: permission denied
+    "test_modes"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "backports.tarfile" ];
+
+  passthru.tests.pytest = self.overridePythonAttrs { doCheck = true; };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Backport of CPython tarfile module";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/backports.tarfile";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+};
+in self
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 578560dbb683..990c37308375 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1393,6 +1393,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   backports-strenum = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-strenum { };
 
+  backports-tarfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-tarfile { };
+
   backports-zoneinfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-zoneinfo { };
 
   bacpypes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bacpypes { };