diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50685f0c16ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, nix-update-script
+, craft-cli
+, craft-parts
+, craft-providers
+, pydantic-yaml-0
+, pyyaml
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-check
+, pytest-mock
+, hypothesis
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "craft-application-1";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "canonical";
+    repo = "craft-application";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-CXZEWVoE66dlQJp4G8tinufjyaDJaH1Muxz/qd/81oA=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace craft_application/__init__.py \
+      --replace-fail "dev" "${version}"
+
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools==67.7.2" "setuptools"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    craft-cli
+    craft-parts
+    craft-providers
+    pydantic-yaml-0
+    pyyaml
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "craft_application"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    pytest-check
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests/unit" ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_to_yaml_file"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The basis for Canonical craft applications";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-application";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-application/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jnsgruk ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4b2eb09940ef..e7239fe73fca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2447,6 +2447,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cpyparsing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cpyparsing { };
 
+  craft-application-1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/craft-application-1 { };
+
   craft-archives = callPackage ../development/python-modules/craft-archives { };
 
   craft-cli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/craft-cli { };