diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/covdefaults/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/covdefaults/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e848b507f657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/covdefaults/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  coverage,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "covdefaults";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "asottile";
+    repo = "covdefaults";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-/RqqvGL2a6sCNe5HrJ9Ty5SlingQ+dblVtGYd+z8ZKw=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ coverage ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # Add support for coverage>=7.7.0. The patch is already in `main`
+    # but not included in tag v2.3.0
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/asottile/covdefaults/commit/18fbb656ef7e90ccd2af5dbef6f100054d96c866.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-/MEZEztJUKuEmFmIKTrEiZYmJ4pOFLphDDl1Q+c5TN0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "covdefaults" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A coverage plugin to provide sensible default settings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/asottile/covdefaults";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/asottile/covdefaults/commits/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ilovelinux ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9dc9d2c5a853..f24c5c53788b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3729,6 +3729,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   courlan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/courlan { };
 
+  covdefaults = callPackage ../development/python-modules/covdefaults { };
+
   coverage = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coverage { };
 
   coveralls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coveralls { };