diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c27dfe5fa01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+
+  # dependencies
+, cmake
+, dateutil
+, dbus-python
+, dnf4
+, gettext
+, libcomps
+, libdnf
+, python
+, rpm
+, sphinx
+, systemd
+}:
+
+let
+  pyMajor = lib.versions.major python.version;
+in
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dnf-plugins-core";
+  version = "4.4.3";
+  format = "other";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rpm-software-management";
+    repo = "dnf-plugins-core";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-YEw8REvK2X7mBg9HDI6V2p8QtZ3TJh4Dzn8Uuhfbrgo=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-python-install-dir.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace "@PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR@" "$out/${python.sitePackages}" \
+      --replace "SYSCONFDIR /etc" "SYSCONFDIR $out/etc" \
+      --replace "SYSTEMD_DIR /usr/lib/systemd/system" "SYSTEMD_DIR $out/lib/systemd/system"
+    substituteInPlace doc/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace 'SPHINX_BUILD_NAME "sphinx-build-3"' 'SPHINX_BUILD_NAME "${sphinx}/bin/sphinx-build"'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    gettext
+    sphinx
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dateutil
+    dbus-python
+    dnf4.py
+    libcomps
+    libdnf
+    rpm
+    systemd
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DPYTHON_DESIRED=${pyMajor}"
+    "-DWITHOUT_LOCAL=0"
+  ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    make doc-man
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    # This is the python module imported by dnf4 when plugins are loaded.
+    "dnfpluginscore"
+  ];
+
+  # Don't use symbolic links so argv[0] is set to the correct value.
+  postInstall = ''
+    # See https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core/blob/aee9cacdeb50768c1e869122cd432924ec533213/dnf-plugins-core.spec#L478
+    mv $out/libexec/dnf-utils-${pyMajor} $out/libexec/dnf-utils
+
+    # See https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core/blob/aee9cacdeb50768c1e869122cd432924ec533213/dnf-plugins-core.spec#L487-L503
+    bins=(
+      "debuginfo-install"
+      "needs-restarting"
+      "find-repos-of-install"
+      "repo-graph"
+      "package-cleanup"
+      "repoclosure"
+      "repodiff"
+      "repomanage"
+      "repoquery"
+      "reposync"
+      "repotrack"
+      "yum-builddep"
+      "yum-config-manager"
+      "yum-debug-dump"
+      "yum-debug-restore"
+      "yum-groups-manager"
+      "yumdownloader"
+    )
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    for bin in "''${bins[@]}"; do
+      ln $out/libexec/dnf-utils $out/bin/$bin
+    done
+  '';
+
+  makeWrapperArgs = [
+    ''--add-flags "--setopt=pluginpath=$out/${python.sitePackages}/dnf-plugins"''
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Core plugins to use with DNF package manager";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf-plugins-core/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ katexochen ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/fix-python-install-dir.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/fix-python-install-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..647c77e08a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core/fix-python-install-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a1eea7b..00fbaf3 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ELSE ()
+     MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "Invalid PYTHON_DESIRED value: " ${PYTHON_DESIRED})
+ ENDIF()
+
+-EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "from sys import stdout; from sysconfig import get_path; stdout.write(get_path('purelib'))" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR)
++SET(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR "@PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR@")
+ MESSAGE(STATUS "Python install dir is ${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}")
+
+ SET (SYSCONFDIR /etc)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 17f81e7d4e36..84f8fcc4d6b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dec-decode = callPackage ../development/tools/dec-decode { };
 
+  dnf-plugins-core = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication dnf-plugins-core;
+
   dnf4 =  with python3Packages; toPythonApplication dnf4;
 
   dnf5 = callPackage ../tools/package-management/dnf5 { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 020b74fa1480..5bbc67d096cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3243,6 +3243,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   dnachisel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnachisel { };
 
+  dnf-plugins-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnf-plugins-core { };
+
   dnf4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnf4 { };
 
   dnfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnfile { };