diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/acres/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acres/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..666299b4dd31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/acres/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pdm-backend,
+  importlib-resources,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "acres";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nipreps";
+    repo = "acres";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-DSDTOUNInLMR6C1P4NT+121sU+BYBLw67xRCtKobEaM=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    pdm-backend
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    importlib-resources
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "acres"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Data-loading utility for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nipreps/acres";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nipreps/acres/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e702b2102235..9dfa577307f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   acquire = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acquire { };
 
+  acres = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acres { };
+
   actdiag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/actdiag { };
 
   acunetix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/acunetix { };