diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioningit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioningit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74cccb73cb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versioningit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, importlib-metadata
+, packaging
+, setuptools
+, tomli
+, pytestCheckHook
+, build
+, pydantic
+, pytest-mock
+, git
+, mercurial
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "versioningit";
+  version = "2.0.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-gJfiYNm99nZYW9gTO/e1//rDeox2KWJVtC2Gy1EqsuM=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    packaging
+    setuptools
+    tomli
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [
+    importlib-metadata
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    build
+    pydantic
+    pytest-mock
+    git
+    mercurial
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # wants to write to the Nix store
+    "test_editable_mode"
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace tox.ini \
+      --replace "--cov=versioningit" "" \
+      --replace "--cov-config=tox.ini" "" \
+      --replace "--no-cov-on-fail" ""
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "versioningit"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "setuptools plugin for determining package version from VCS";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jwodder/versioningit";
+    changelog = "https://versioningit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html";
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ DeeUnderscore ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eb4600bcaaec..7f9b56ac5b81 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11526,6 +11526,8 @@ in {
 
   versionfinder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versionfinder { };
 
+  versioningit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versioningit { };
+
   versiontag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versiontag { };
 
   versiontools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versiontools { };