diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdformat-front-matters/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdformat-front-matters/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14752c8dae57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdformat-front-matters/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  uv-build,
+
+  # dependencies
+  mdformat,
+  mdit-py-plugins,
+  ruamel-yaml,
+  toml,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  typing-extensions,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "mdformat-front-matters";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kyleking";
+    repo = "mdformat-front-matters";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-nfthUgOmKI57d+xLMmzveYPugzvvwkIzA//+CgvJGRw=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "uv_build>=0.9.10" "uv_build"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    uv-build
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    mdformat
+    mdit-py-plugins
+    ruamel-yaml
+    toml
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mdformat_front_matters" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "mdformat plugin to format YAML, TOML, or JSON front matter";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kyleking/mdformat-front-matters";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/KyleKing/mdformat-front-matters/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c0f172b404a1..25bc51721838 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9461,6 +9461,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mdformat-footnote = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat-footnote { };
 
+  mdformat-front-matters = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat-front-matters { };
+
   mdformat-frontmatter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat-frontmatter { };
 
   mdformat-gfm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat-gfm { };