diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/optiland/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/optiland/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  python3Packages,
+  qt6,
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "optiland-python-env";
+  # Inheriting src too, to hint nix-update
+  inherit (python3Packages.optiland) version src;
+  strictDeps = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    qt6.qtbase
+  ];
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    pythonPaths = python3Packages.requiredPythonModules (
+      [
+        python3Packages.optiland
+        python3Packages.python
+      ]
+      ++ python3Packages.optiland.passthru.optional-dependencies.gui
+      ++ python3Packages.optiland.passthru.optional-dependencies.torch
+    );
+    pythonPath =
+      lib.makeSearchPathOutput "out" python3Packages.python.sitePackages
+        finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.pythonPaths;
+    makeWrapperArgs = [
+      # leaving here room for potential additional arguments
+    ];
+  };
+
+  # Modelded after `python.buildEnv`'s postBuild, but we don't link paths at
+  # all, only create $out/bin/optiland (and potentially more) executable(s).
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cd ${python3Packages.optiland}/bin
+    for prg in *; do
+      if [ -f "$prg" ] && [ -x "$prg" ]; then
+        makeWrapper "${python3Packages.optiland}/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" \
+          --set NIX_PYTHONPREFIX "$out" \
+          --set NIX_PYTHONEXECUTABLE "${placeholder "out"}/bin/${python3Packages.python.executable}" \
+          --set NIX_PYTHONPATH ${finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.pythonPath} \
+          --set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true" \
+          ${lib.concatStringsSep " " finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.makeWrapperArgs}
+      fi
+    done
+  '';
+
+  dontInstall = true;
+
+  meta = python3Packages.optiland.meta // {
+    description = python3Packages.optiland.meta.description + "; The GUI";
+    mainProgram = "optiland";
+  };
+})