diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-data/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-data/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcc14a7fd912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-data/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  pythonOlder,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  flit-core,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylibjpeg-data";
+  version = "unstable-2024-03-28";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pydicom";
+    repo = "pylibjpeg-data";
+    rev = "8253566715800a7fc3d4d949abab102c8172bca0";
+    hash = "sha256-TzhiZ4LCFZX75h3YRrEFO5kRVc5VwTOJd+1VFW3LsaQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ flit-core ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # no tests
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "ljdata"
+    "ljdata.ds"
+    "ljdata.jpg"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "JPEG and DICOM data used for testing pylibjpeg";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pydicom/pylibjpeg-data";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg/default.nix
index 468a00d8ef72..4f5a3cbeb846 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibjpeg/default.nix
@@ -8,28 +8,10 @@
   setuptools,
   numpy,
   pydicom,
+  pylibjpeg-data,
   pylibjpeg-libjpeg,
 }:
 
-let
-  pylibjpeg-data = buildPythonPackage {
-    pname = "pylibjpeg-data";
-    version = "1.0.0dev0";
-    pyproject = true;
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "pydicom";
-      repo = "pylibjpeg-data";
-      rev = "2ab4b8a65b070656eca2582bd23197a3d01cdccd";
-      hash = "sha256-cFE1XjrqyGqwHCYGRucXK+q4k7ftUIbYwBw4WwIFtEc=";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
-in
-
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pylibjpeg";
   version = "2.0.0";
@@ -44,9 +26,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-qGtrphsBBVieGS/8rdymbsjLMU/QEd7zFNAANN8bD+k=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ flit-core ];
+  build-system = [ flit-core ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+  dependencies = [ numpy ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 16ffb80ef7e9..a13c5f3f1882 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11389,6 +11389,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pylibjpeg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibjpeg { };
 
+  pylibjpeg-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-data { };
+
   pylibjpeg-libjpeg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibjpeg-libjpeg { };
 
   pyliblo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyliblo { };