diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kicad-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kicad-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3344a073b448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kicad-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  poetry-core,
+  protoletariat,
+  mypy-protobuf,
+  pkgs,
+  protobuf,
+  pynng,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  gitMinimal,
+  pythonOlder,
+  typing-extensions,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "kicad-python";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "kicad/code";
+    repo = "kicad-python";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-M2vJ/lSwc1XjrG661ayNIOZKJitmy/UPM2SesQI1xYE=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    poetry-core
+    protoletariat
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    protobuf
+    pynng
+    mypy-protobuf
+  ]
+  ++ (lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.13") typing-extensions);
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgs.protobuf
+    mypy-protobuf
+    gitMinimal
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "protobuf" ];
+
+  # fixes: FileExistsError: File already exists .../kipy/__init__.py
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail 'script =' "#"
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    python build.py
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "kipy" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "KiCad API Python Bindings";
+    homepage = "https://kicad.org/";
+    downloadPage = "https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad-python";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sigmanificient ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e9d4818d3599..f575af2ab995 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7737,6 +7737,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   kicad = toPythonModule (pkgs.kicad.override { python3 = python; }).src;
 
+  kicad-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kicad-python { };
+
   kicadcliwrapper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kicadcliwrapper { };
 
   kinparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kinparse { };