diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ament-package/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ament-package/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c67f28f5c6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ament-package/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  importlib-metadata,
+  importlib-resources,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ament-package";
+  version = "0.17.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ament";
+    repo = "ament_package";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-+Jfj8mkvrpJnd3oPhOo2E5cvVO9ujez0mrpsj2taOOU=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    importlib-metadata
+    importlib-resources
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ament_package" ];
+
+  # Tests currently broken
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The parser for the manifest files in the ament buildsystem";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ament/ament_package";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ guelakais ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 23bce3243eca..2e6f4652e13d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -632,6 +632,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   amcrest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amcrest { };
 
+  ament-package = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ament-package { };
+
   amply = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amply { };
 
   amqp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/amqp { };