diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46482c4d5a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, colorama
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pyproject-metadata
+, tomli
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "meson-python";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "meson_python";
+    hash = "sha256-/bX7s6ttdTav/+qPt9CYREb4t5vHCz+8mA5DvV81bfM=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pyproject-metadata
+    tomli
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    colorama
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pyproject-metadata
+    tomli
+  ];
+
+  # Ugly work-around. Drop ninja dependency.
+  # We already have ninja, but it comes without METADATA.
+  # Building ninja-python-distributions is the way to go.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace "'ninja'," ""
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)";
+    license = [ lib.licenses.mit ];
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.fridh ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 47d42b98953a..21488b7edb11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5658,6 +5658,8 @@ in {
 
   mesonpep517 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mesonpep517 { };
 
+  meson-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/meson-python { };
+
   messagebird = callPackage ../development/python-modules/messagebird { };
 
   metakernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/metakernel { };