diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2cfd38f2d1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, hatchling
+, opentelemetry-proto
+, opentelemetry-sdk
+, opentelemetry-test-utils
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common";
+  version = "1.18.0";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "open-telemetry";
+    repo = "opentelemetry-python";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-HNlkbDyYnr0/lDeY1xt0pRxqk+977ljgPdfJzAxL3AQ=";
+    sparseCheckout = [ "/exporter/${pname}" ];
+  } + "/exporter/${pname}";
+
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    opentelemetry-sdk
+    opentelemetry-proto
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    opentelemetry-test-utils
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tree/main/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common";
+    description = "OpenTelemetry Protobuf encoding";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 91371f887742..5cbcfa622b45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7096,6 +7096,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   opentelemetry-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-api { };
 
+  opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common { };
+
   opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus { };
 
   opentelemetry-proto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-proto { };