diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/confection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confection/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82cedc869687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/confection/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pydantic
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, srsly
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "confection";
+  version = "0.0.3";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "explosion";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-3qxB94CYCMZN+sKqbmDfkRyAs6HJkFLE/5yJx1DKqYM=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pydantic
+    srsly
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "confection"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Library that offers a configuration system";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/explosion/confection";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 33b8a206ff52..32138162945c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1898,6 +1898,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   conda = callPackage ../development/python-modules/conda { };
 
+  confection = callPackage ../development/python-modules/confection { };
+
   configargparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/configargparse { };
 
   configclass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/configclass { };