diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmake-build-extension/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmake-build-extension/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d27629477669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cmake-build-extension/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  cmake,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitpython,
+  lib,
+  ninja,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cmake-build-extension";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "diegoferigo";
+    repo = "cmake-build-extension";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-taAwxa7Sv+xc8xJRnNM6V7WPcL+TWZOkngwuqjAslzc=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    gitpython
+  ];
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cmake_build_extension" ];
+  doPythonRuntimeDepsCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Setuptools extension to build and package CMake projects";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/diegoferigo/cmake-build-extension";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/diegoferigo/cmake-build-extension/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ scoder12 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 36c797c832f6..0c1af1ba043c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2522,6 +2522,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cmake = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmake { inherit (pkgs) cmake; };
 
+  cmake-build-extension = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmake-build-extension { };
+
   cmarkgfm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmarkgfm { };
 
   cmd2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cmd2 { };