diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c1fa41f469b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, setuptools-scm, importlib-metadata }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "backports-entry-points-selectable";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "backports.entry_points_selectable";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "988468260ec1c196dab6ae1149260e2f5472c9110334e5d51adcb77867361f6a";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [
+    importlib-metadata
+  ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "backports.entry_points_selectable" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Compatibility shim providing selectable entry points for older implementations";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaraco/backports.entry_points_selectable";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index cd35fb250390..27b467cbb2a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ in
   ### Deprecated aliases - for backward compatibility
 
 mapAliases ({
-  backports-entry-points-selectable = throw "backports-entry-points-selectable has been removed"; # added 2021-07-01
   blockdiagcontrib-cisco = throw "blockdiagcontrib-cisco is not compatible with blockdiag 2.0.0 and has been removed."; # Added 2020-11-29
   bt_proximity = bt-proximity; # added 2021-07-02
   bugseverywhere = throw "bugseverywhere has been removed: Abandoned by upstream."; # Added 2019-11-27
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9311abfde349..95438436b076 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ in {
 
   backports-datetime-fromisoformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat { };
 
+  backports-entry-points-selectable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-entry-points-selectable { };
+
   backports_functools_lru_cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_functools_lru_cache { };
 
   backports_shutil_get_terminal_size = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_shutil_get_terminal_size { };