diff --git a/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/default.nix b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2272cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ drv-backends, ... }:
+
+{
+  drv-backends.buildPythonPackage.imports = [
+    drv-backends.mkDerivation
+    ./interface.nix
+    ./implementation.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/implementation.nix b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/implementation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..562a308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/implementation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{ config, dependencySets, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  inherit (config) deps;
+
+  withDistOutput = lib.elem config.format [
+    "pyproject"
+    "setuptools"
+    "flit"
+    "wheel"
+  ];
+in
+
+{
+  deps = { pkgs, python3Packages, ... }: {
+    inherit (python3Packages)
+      python
+      wrapPython
+      pythonRemoveTestsDirHook
+      pythonCatchConflictsHook
+      pythonRemoveBinBytecodeHook
+      unzip
+      setuptoolsBuildHook
+      flitBuildHook
+      pipBuildHook
+      wheelUnpackHook
+      eggUnpackHook eggBuildHook eggInstallHook
+      pipInstallHook
+      pythonImportsCheckHook
+      pythonNamespacesHook
+      pythonOutputDistHook
+    ;
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook
+    ;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with deps; [
+    python
+    wrapPython
+    ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook
+    pythonRemoveTestsDirHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals config.catchConflicts [
+    pythonCatchConflictsHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals config.removeBinByteCode [
+    pythonRemoveBinBytecodeHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.hasSuffix "zip" (config.src.name or "")) [
+    unzip
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (config.format == "setuptools") [
+    setuptoolsBuildHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (config.format == "flit") [
+    flitBuildHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (config.format == "pyproject") [
+    pipBuildHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (config.format == "wheel") [
+    wheelUnpackHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (config.format == "egg") [
+    eggUnpackHook eggBuildHook eggInstallHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (!(config.format == "other") || config.dontUsePipInstall) [
+    pipInstallHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (python.stdenv.buildPlatform == python.stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+    # This is a test, however, it should be ran independent of the checkPhase and checkInputs
+    pythonImportsCheckHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (python.pythonAtLeast "3.3") [
+    # Optionally enforce PEP420 for python3
+    pythonNamespacesHook
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withDistOutput [
+    pythonOutputDistHook
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with deps; [
+    python
+  ];
+
+  env = {
+    strictDeps = if config.strictDeps == null then false else config.strictDeps;
+    LANG = "${if deps.python.stdenv.isDarwin then "en_US" else "C"}.UTF-8";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+  doInstallCheck = lib.mkDefault true;
+  installCheckInputs = lib.optionals (config.format == "setuptools") [
+    deps.setuptoolsCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = lib.mkBefore (lib.optionalString (!config.dontWrapPythonPrograms) ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '');
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional withDistOutput "dist";
+}
diff --git a/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/interface.nix b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/interface.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f31ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/buildPythonPackage/interface.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+with lib;
+
+let
+  flag = default: description: mkOption {
+    inherit description default;
+    type = types.bool;
+  };
+in
+
+{
+  options = {
+    format = mkOption {
+      description = "Python package source format";
+      type = types.enum [
+        "setuptools"
+        "pyproject"
+        "flit"
+        "wheel"
+        "other"
+      ];
+    };
+    catchConflicts = flag true "If true, abort package build if a package name appears more than once in dependency tree.";
+    dontWrapPythonPrograms = flag false "Skip wrapping of Python programs.";
+    removeBinByteCode = flag true "Remove bytecode from /bin. Bytecode is only created when the filenames end with .py.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/default.nix b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/default.nix
index 86e0060..7c5a71f 100644
--- a/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/default.nix
+++ b/packages/build-support/drv-parts/backends/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./options.nix
+
+    ./buildPythonPackage
   ];
 }