diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipreps-versions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipreps-versions/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c54ab9d905e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nipreps-versions/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, flit-scm
+, packaging
+, setuptools-scm
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "nipreps-versions";
+  version = "1.0.4";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nipreps";
+    repo = "version-schemes";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-B2wtLurzgk59kTooH51a2dewK7aEyA0dAm64Wp+tqhM=";
+  };
+
+  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-scm
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    packaging
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "nipreps_versions" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Setuptools_scm plugin for nipreps version schemes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nipreps/version-schemes";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nipreps/version-schemes/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.md";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 76b62ff373c4..3a6e8bb74250 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8363,6 +8363,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ninja = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ninja { inherit (pkgs) ninja; };
 
+  nipreps-versions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nipreps-versions { };
+
   nipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nipy { };
 
   nipype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nipype {