diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freeze-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freeze-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6095a22b7524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freeze-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  cx-logging,
+  distutils,
+  filelock,
+
+  # tests
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "freeze-core";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "marcelotduarte";
+    repo = "freeze-core";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-88AODiBvIPq51l1rU+mshGknQk+3qoiR7I5mfNfNv50=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools~=82.0" "setuptools"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    cx-logging
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    distutils # needed to compile
+    filelock
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "freeze_core"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Core dependency for cx_Freeze";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/marcelotduarte/freeze-core/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sigmanificient ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 39aca9b707fb..d5d8675a56ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5904,6 +5904,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   freetype-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/freetype-py { };
 
+  freeze-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/freeze-core { };
+
   freezegun = callPackage ../development/python-modules/freezegun { };
 
   frelatage = callPackage ../development/python-modules/frelatage { };