diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3a096c9163b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lightning/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  pytorch-lightning,
+
+  # tests
+  psutil,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "lightning";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  inherit (pytorch-lightning)
+    version
+    src
+    build-system
+    meta
+    ;
+
+  dependencies = pytorch-lightning.dependencies ++ [ pytorch-lightning ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    psutil
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # Some packages are not in NixPkgs; other tests try to build distributed
+  # models, which doesn't work in the sandbox.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "lightning"
+    "lightning.pytorch"
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7f725c55c9c1..57d880a4b71b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7869,6 +7869,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   lightify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightify { };
 
+  lightning = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightning { };
+
   lightning-utilities = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightning-utilities { };
 
   lightparam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lightparam { };